Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry in Carinthia

We are a modern service enterprise and provide our members with up-to-date and practical advice, information and service.
We represent the interests of our members.
We achieve a balance of interests between our members.
We are a stimulus for the rural region.
We provide information internally and externally, increasing the appreciation of agriculture and forestry amongst the general public.
We help to secure and improve farm revenue.

The Chamber of Agriculture Carinthia is broken down into the officials’ section with the Chamber’s Full Assembly, Executive Board and expert committees, and the professional section with the Chamber Office, the Chamber’s specialist sections and the local offices.

Lobbying

• Expert opinions on bills, acts of parliament, decrees, directives, standards and regulations with the aim of gaining for agriculture and forestry their due position within the ever-changing legal system 
• Involvement and representation of the Chamber in various committees, advisory boards and commissions at federal, provincial and local level, in order to draw attention to the interests of farmers and landowners 
• Assistance to farming family businesses in solving their specific economic and social problems 
• Representation of the Chamber’s members in professional matters before public offices, authorities, public bodies, associations and various institutions and organisations 
• Balancing of the interests between the members

Advice and training

• Information, advice and training for all persons involved in the field of agriculture and forestry 
• Organisation, advice and assistance for farming organisations and initiative groups 
• Involvement and advice for the holding of breeder and farm animal events
• Provision of information, preparation of position statements and expert opinions for public authorities etc. as part of administrative assistance 
• Information, advice and collaboration with public offices, authorities, public bodies, local government authorities, institutions, schools etc.

Support and service

• Performance of duties within the framework of agricultural subsidies (EU, national) and governmental administration, as a function transferred from the federal and provincial governments, and the implementation of the Chamber’s own campaigns 
• Conduct and support of the Chamber’s own institutions and business (the Chamber’s fruit and wine centre in St. Andrä, Ossiacher Tauern breeding station, Krastowitz education centre, Perkohof semen collection centre) 
• PR and trade fair events, the „Kärntner Bauer“ member’s newspaper, Agrarnet and press relations

Members eligible to vote in the last Chamber elections: 50,051 members.

The Chamber of Agriculture employs a total staff of 190 in the headquarters in Klagenfurt, in the 8 branch offices in the county towns and in the Chamber’s own business enterprises – the Ossiacher Tauern breeding station, the fruit and wine centre in St. Andrä, the Perkohof semen collection centre and the Schloss Krastowitz education centre.

Chamber of Agriculture Carinthia
Museumgasse 5, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria
Tel. 0043 (0)46 3/58 50-0
E-Mail: office@lk-kaernten.at
Website: www.ktn.lko.at