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Sustainability

Bodenverdichtung

How does compacted soil recover?

It takes mere seconds to compact a soil, but years or even decades for it to recover. Biological activities by plant roots and soil organisms (earthworms) as well as physical effects like drying out and rewetting phases, and freezing-thawing cycles are vital for natural regeneration. Exactly how recovery happens is being investigated in a long-term field trial. For this, an observational infrastructure with hundreds of soil probes – the Soil Structure Observatory (SSO) – was set up in 2014 together with ETH Zurich. After the initial compaction event, a fallow, a permanent grassland and a crop rotation with and without tillage were set up. This allows to analyse e.g. the influence of plants and tillage on recovery.

Bodenfruchtbarkeit und Bodenschutz
SoilStructureObservatory
Regeneration verdichteter Böden

Publikation Arbeitshaltung Melken

Ergonomics in the milking parlour

Milkers frequently suffer from musculoskeletal disorders, especially in the area of the shoulders and arms.  Agroscope therefore investigated whether appropriate working heights can reduce workload in the milking parlour. For this, the angle of flexion of various joints during milking was recorded in one experiment, whilst a second experiment recorded muscle contractions at three different heights. The study showed that although a lower working height in the milking parlour has no effect on forearms or upper arms, it significantly reduces strain on the shoulders. 

Publikationen Frank Liebisch

Baumgartner S., Spiess E., Liebisch F., Gilgen A.
Regionale Stickstoffbilanzen: Erste Ergebnisse von MAUS (Monitoring des Agrarumweltsystems Schweiz).
Agroscope Science, 185, 2024, 1-43.

Metzger K., Liebisch F., Herrera J. M., Guillaume T., Bragazza L.
Prediction accuracy of soil chemical parameters by field- and laboratory-obtained vis-NIR spectra after external parameter orthogonalization.
Sensors, 24, (11), 2024, 1-17.

Zenkl R., Berlepsch-Valendas A., Liebisch F.
Food for thought: Towards circular nutrient economy in agriculture.
Hrsg. University of Zurich, University of Basel and ETH Zurich, 2024, 7 S.

Piccini C., Metzger K., Debaene G., Stenberg B., Götzinger S., Borůvka L., Sandén T., Bragazza L., Liebisch F.
In‐field soil spectroscopy in Vis–NIR range for fast and reliable soil analysis: A review.
European Journal of Soil Science, 75, (2), 2024, 1-18.

Wiggenhauser M., Illmer D., Spiess E., Holzkaemper A., Prasuhn V., Liebisch F.
Cadmium, zinc, and copper leaching rates determined in large monolith lysimeters.
Science of the Total Environment, 926, 2024, 1-12.

Yuzugullu O., Fajraoui N., Don A., Liebisch F.
Satellite-based soil organic carbon mapping on European soils using available datasets and support sampling.
Science of Remote Sensing, 9, 2024, 1-17.

Jordan-Meille L., Denoroy P., Dittert K., Cugnon T., Quemada M., Wall D., Bechini L., Marx S., Oenema O., Reijneveld A., Liebisch F., Diedhiou K., Degan F., Higgins S.
Comparison of nitrogen fertilisation recommendations of West European countries.
European Journal of Soil Science, 74, (6), 2024, 1-38.

Neuweiler R., Huguenin-Elie O., Schöneberg T., Guillaume T., Liebisch F.
Nmin-Methode für die Düngebedarfsermittlung.
Hrsg. Agroscope, Merkblatt Nr. 194, 2023, 4 S.
weitere Sprachen: französisch | italienisch

Guillaume T., Carlen C., Gilgen A., Liebisch F.
Düngebedarfsermittlung nach korrigierten Normen.
Hrsg. Agroscope, Merkblatt Nr. 201, 2023, 4 S.
weitere Sprachen: französisch | italienisch

Schöneberg T., Liebisch F.
Düngung im Gemüsebau: Grundlagen für die Düngung landwirtschaftlicher Kulturen in der Schweiz (GRUD 2023) – Kapitel 10.
Hrsg. Agroscope, 2023, 25 S.
weitere Sprachen: französisch | italienisch

Higgins S., Keesstra S. D., Kadziuliene Z., Jordan-Meille L., Wall D., Trinchera A., Spiegel H., Sanden T., Baumgarten A., Jensen J. L., Hirte J., Liebisch F., Klages S., et al.
Stocktake study of current fertilisation recommendations across Europe and discussion towards a more harmonised approach.
European Journal of Soil Science, 74, (5), 2023.

Bernert G., Liebisch F.
Stickstoff-Injektionsdüngung mit CULTAN.
Hrsg. Agroscope, Merkblatt Nr. 190, 2023, 4 S.
weitere Sprachen: französisch | italienisch

Lorenzetti R., Castaldi F., Fondon C.L., Boruvka L., Metzger K., Ben-Dor E., Egmond van E., Barbetti R., Fantappie M., Debaene G., Klumpp K., Liebisch F., Gholizadeh A., Stenberg B., Knadel M.
The contribution of the European Project Probefield to in-field use of proximal soil sensors.
In: 2023 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry. 6-8 November, Pisa. 2023.

Bernert G., Spiess E., Liebisch F.
CULTAN-Düngung reduziert die Stickstoffauswaschung bei gleichbleibendem Ertrag.
Agrarforschung Schweiz, 14, 2023, 207-213.
weitere Sprachen: französisch

Spiess E., Liebisch F.
Nährstoffbilanz der schweizerischen Landwirtschaft für die Jahre 1975 bis 2021.
Agroscope Science, 170, 2023, 1-22.

Argento F., Bischoff W. A., Liebisch F.
Balancing carbon storage and groundwater quality in crop production in Switzerland.
In: European Healthy Soil Conference - 1st Edition: Soil Fertility. 14 September, Hrsg. FHNW School of Life Sciences / Agroscope, Muttenz. 2023, 1.

Nucera E., Huguenin-Elie O., Mayer J., Liebisch F., Spiess E.
Method for estimating nitrogen input by symbiotic fixation on Swiss farms.
Agroscope Science, 164, 2023, 1-49.

Metzger K., Liebisch F., Herrera J. M., Guillaume T., Walder F., Bragazza L.
The use of visible and near-infrared spectroscopy for in-situ characterization of agricultural soil fertility: A proposition of best practice by comparing scanning positions and spectrometers.
Soil Use and Management, In Press, 2023, 1-13.

Thiébaud E., Hafner D., Huber S., Giuliani G. , Meier T., Ringger C., Stüssi M., Liebisch F., Leifeld J., Oberholzer H., Kreft C., Huber R., Finger R., Bertschi M., Meili J. und weitere
CO2-Endbericht Ressourcenprojekt "AgroCO2ncept Flaachtal".
Hrsg. dss+ und Flury&Giuliani GmbH, 22. Mai, 2023, 125 S.

Hirte J., Liebisch F.
Crop response to soil potassium under diverse pedoclimatic conditions in multiple environments: Implications for fertilization recommendations.
In: Long Term Experiments: Meeting future challenges. 22 June, Rothamsted. 2023, 1-18.

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Rinder Fuetterung

Optimised feed reduces environmental impacts

On behalf of Micarna SA, Agroscope analysed the environmental impacts of beef, pork and poultry production. With beef production, feed intensity was crucial. In the case of pork and poultry production, the quantity of feed used per kg of meat had the greatest influence on environmental impacts. The use of European soya with its shorter transport distances had a positive effect. 

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