BREEDING OF TROUT AND CHAR

In the Alpine foothills of Lower Austria, the Kirchmayer family operates a modern flow-through pond system with an annual production of 180 tons of trout and char. The core of the facility is the Spotmix Fish feeding and management system from Schauer Agrotronic enabling precise, temperature-dependent, and fully automatic feeding.

Spotmix Fish in Operation – Efficient Trout Farming in Lower Austria

With a water inflow of 1,000 liters per second, approximately 500 kg of fish feed are processed daily. Spotmix continuously doses different types of feed, mixes them according to demand, and distributes them precisely to each individual basin via compressed air. Control is carried out through the Topo Spotmix feeding computer, including an electronic pond log that automatically documents growth, temperature, and feed quantities.

Advantages of the Spotmix Fish Feeding System:

• Precise, multiple feed distributions per day
• Temperature-dependent, automatic quantity control
• Reduced water pollution through gentle conveying
• Excellent growth rates & reduced feed losses
• Electronic pond log with growth calculation
• Significant labor savings (1–2 hours daily)
• Individual supply for each basin

The result: shorter production cycles, improved feed conversion, and the highest water quality – a flagship project for sustainable aquaculture in Austria.