This event from 6 to 9 May brings together research, agricultural extension and practice. The programme includes excursions to vineyards, lectures and wine tastings. The conference can be booked separately. Please register by 20 April.
This article describes how digitalisation in the Swiss agricultural sector has evolved from 2018 to the present day. It also outlines the measures required for successful digitalisation.
Together with European partners, Agroscope researchers have developed a method for determining protein digestibility in vitro. The method quantifies the amino acids in foods released by digestion and allows for the evaluation of protein quality without animal testing.
Incorporating the SOM:clay ratio in the Principles of Agricultural Crop Fertilisation in Switzerland (PRIF) allows us to give more specific agronomic advice at each site based on a broader consideration of soil quality.
Plant species diversity in intensively managed grasslands can act like a natural insurance against drought risk by reducing production variability. This reduction persists even at increased drought risks.
In the spring issue of the Magazine, Agroscope presents its new 2026-2029 Work Programme. Among others, the topics covered are adaptation to climate change, crop protection, profitability and plant breeding.
This article summarises all papers published by Agroscope and ETH that deal with the perception of agricultural policy of both farmers and the rest of the population. It highlights what must be borne in mind when developing policy measures so as to achieve broad acceptance of an integrated agricultural and food policy.
Innovative strategies, institutional framework conditions and practical approaches for enhancing resilience will be discussed on 7-8 May in Zollikofen at the annual conference of the Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Sociology (SGA).
A work budget is used to quantify time-related workload and to plan and organise work processes. For this, Agroscope makes detailed calculation bases available in a series of publications for practitioners and researchers.
A work budget is used to quantify time-related workload and to plan and organise work processes. For this, Agroscope makes detailed calculation bases available in a series of publications for practitioners and researchers.
A conference on mountain farming research will be taking place in Switzerland from 15-17 June 2026. Agroscope and its international partners EAAP and FAO-CIHEAM invite you to a knowledge and ideas exchange at the Plantahof agricultural training centre in Landquart.
Agroscope's Life-Cycle Assessment Platform for the Agricultural and Food Sector will take place on 5 May 2026 both online and at Agroscope's Zurich-Reckenholz site. Registration is open until 28 April.
The start of the growing season raises the issue of optimal irrigation in fruit production. Thanks to digital measurements, trees on pilot farms are only being irrigated when necessary, thus saving water. An Agroscope video shows how this works.
Agroscope will host as partner of the EU project CATALYSE on June 8–9, 2026, the World Food Safety Day event. Register here and find the call of the keynote speaker Awilo Ochieng Pernet.
Goats may be appealing, but very few goat farmers can make money from them. Dairy goats become economically viable only when annual milk production reaches at least 100 tonnes, which equates to around 120 to 180 dairy goats, depending on yield.
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