100 years of the Lower Austria Chamber of Agriculture: A look at past success!

100 years of the Lower Austria Chamber of Agriculture: A look at past success!

The Chamber of Agriculture in Lower Austria (LK Lower Austria) recorded an impressive demand for consulting services in 2024, with a total of 101,153 consultations. This shows how strongly farmers appreciate their expertise. The undertaking of the chamber, which has been the central representation for agriculture since 1922, includes the support of sustainable developments of around 37,400 companies, 150,000 landowners and 60 business cooperatives in the region. President Johannes Schmuckenschlager emphasizes that the Chamber of Agriculture is a reliable partner in challenging times and that the high demand for their services underlines the importance of their work, as ots.at reports.

The extensive range of advice includes topics such as photovoltaics, court transfers and social law, whereby in 2024 around 8,000 consultations were carried out on these areas. In addition, the LK Lower Austria carried out 150 assessments of agricultural concerns. In the further training, 176,830 participants took part in 5,756 educational events, including 292 successful graduates in the certificate courses, as in the report of lko.at . With its commitment in the past 100 years, the Chamber of Agriculture has supported the peasantry in Lower Austria during countless challenges and adapted the development to meet the changing requirements of time.

a century of the Lower Austria Chamber of Agriculture

The Chamber of Agriculture Lower Austria was and has been indispensable for the interests of the farmers since it was founded. President Schmuckenschlager emphasizes the importance of looking for dialogue with the public and communicating the concerns of agriculture in order to ensure competitive and diverse agriculture. In the anniversary year 2022, the chamber is planning numerous events to celebrate its 100th anniversary in order to appreciate the success of the past and at the same time to look into the future.