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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. 

Publications Linda Reissig

Reissig L.
LandwirtInnen und ihre Wahrnehmung zum Thema Datensicherheit.
Dans: 46. Agrarökonomie-Tagung. 21. November, Ed. Agroscope, Tänikon (CH). 2023, 1-18.

Reissig L.
The understanding of digitalisation in agriculture by small-scale farmers: The importance of clear terminology.
Social Sciences and Humanities Open, Preproof, 2023.

Reissig L.
Psychological factors influencing the adoptation of digital technologies in agriculture by farm managers.
Dans: Conférence ESRS European Society for Rural Sociology. 4 July, Rennes. 2023, 1-14.

Reissig L., Cockburn M.
Neuer Rohstoff aus der Landwirtschaft.
Schweizer Bauer, 20. Mai, 2023, 4.

Heitkämper K., Reissig L., Bravin E., Glück S., Mann S.
Digital technology adoption for plant protection: Assembling the environmental, labour, economic and social pieces of the puzzle.
Smart Agricultural Technology, 4, 2023, 1-11.

Reissig L.
Farmers and their data: An examination of farmers’ attitude towards data sharing according to the stage of digital farming adoption: 3.2.6.
Dans: Farm data integration – key to cattle management success: COWDATA finale report. Mai, Ed. ICT-AGRI ERA-NET, 2022, 30.

Reissig L.
Einfluss sozialer und psychologischer Faktoren auf die Adaption digitaler Technologien in der Landwirtschaft durch Betriebsleiter und Betriebsleiterinnen in der Schweiz.
Dans: 42. GIL-Jahrestagung. 17.-18. Februar, Ed. M. Gandorfer, C. Hoffmann, N. El Benni, M. Cockburn, T. Anken, H. Floto, Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI). 2022, 241-246.

Reissig L., Mack G.
Why farmers perceive the use of e-government services as an administrative burden: A conceptual framework on influencing factors.
Journal of Rural Studies, 89, 2022, 387-396.

Reissig L.
Perception de la transition numérique par les agriculteurs.
Ed. BLW, Bern. Décembre, 2021, 5 pp.
autres langues: allemand | italien

Reissig L.
Les esprits que je n’ai pas invoqués.
Revue UFA, 12, 2020, 14-15.
autres langues: allemand

Reissig L., Mann S.
Wahrnehmung der Digitalisierung in der Landwirtschaft – eine Befragung von LandwirtInnen.
Dans: 43. Agrarökonomie-Tagung. 6. Oktober, Ed. Agroscope, Tänikon. 2020, 1-26.

Reissig L.
Erste Ergebnisse - Digitalisierung in der Landwirtschaft Definition versus Wahrnehmung der LandwirtInnen.
Dans: 40. GIL Jahrestagung. 17. Februar, Ed. GIL, Freising - Weihenstephan D. 2020, 1-21.

Stoinescu A., Reissig L., Mack G.
Does e-government contribute to a reduction of farmers’ administrative burden in Switzerland.
Dans: Informatik in der Land-, Forst- und Ernährungswirtschaft. Fokus: Digitalisierung für Mensch, Umwelt und Tier. 17.-18. Februar, Ed. GIL Jahrestagung, Freising - Weihenstephan D. 2020, 1-6.

Mann S., Zaharia I., Reissig L.
Social policy and burnout: A bi-national comparison.
The International Journal of Health, Wellness and Society, 9, (4), 2019, 63-75.

Reissig L., Crameri A., von Wyl A.
Prevalence and predictors of burnout in Swiss farmers: Burnout in the context of interrelation of work and household.
Mental Health & Prevention, 14, (200157), 2019.

Reissig L.
Frequency of Burnout in the Swiss farming sector.
Agroscope Science, 82, 2019, 1-15.

Rossier R., Reissig L.
Entre exploitation et famille : les cheffes d’exploitation agricoles en Suisse : Une enquête budget-temps.
Agroscope Transfer, 78, 2015, 1-8.
autres langues: allemand | italien

Reissig L.
Fällt auf bäuerlichen Biofamilienbetrieben mehr Arbeit an?
Dans: 13. Wissenschaftstagung zum Ökologischen Landbau. 17. bis 20. März, Ed. A. M. Häring, & R. Hoffmann-Bahnsen, Eberswalde. 2015, 596-599.

Reissig L.
World Café «Croissance dans l’agriculture». .
Recherche Agronomique Suisse, 5, (9), 2014, 378-381.
autres langues: allemand

Rossier R., Reissig L.
Contribution des paysannes aux exploitations familiales agricoles en Suisse : Une enquête budget-temps.
Agroscope Transfer, 21, 2014, 1-8.
autres langues: allemand | italien

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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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