Farm visit at Andreas Badinger at the 6th of July

Biodiversity ambassador Andreas Badinger shows that biodiversity and profitability can go hand in hand on his farm and tirelessly shares his knowledge at various events. ‘It's important for me to show people that the conservation and promotion of biodiversity can go hand in hand with modern and innovative agriculture,’ says Badinger, who took interested people on a tour of his farm at the beginning of July entitled “Profitability and diversity: from the origins into the future”.

He showed the almost 50 participants, most of whom were farmers, his various biodiversity areas: from annual flower strips and wide roadsides to old grass areas between the meadows. A tip from Badinger: ‘Before you create a biodiversity area, you should think about the soil and water conditions at the respective location. It is often easier and quicker to achieve species- and flower-rich populations in rather lean and dry areas. You have to be more patient in richer and wetter areas.’ In some cases, Andreas Badinger can feed the hay from the old grass strips to his cattle, in other cases he uses it to make bedding.

The farm walk was rounded off with fascinating insights into the agricultural history of the Strasswalchen region, provided by historian Franz Bachleitner, and a look into the future of the Trumer "Seenland Bioheuregion", described by chairman Franz Keil.