Determining adequate planting as shelter for animals kept outdoors - the WEIDESCHERM project
Adequate planting as shelter for animals kept outdoors
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Methane from ruminants and climate impact: a difference between GWP and GWP star calculation
Ahead of the UN Climate Conference, next November 2021 in Glasgow, agriculture (researchers) are looking forward to whether or not the new scientific insights regarding the impact of methane will be a...
In dialogue with Flemish livestock farmers about agroecology: "It offers opportunities, but is not a panacea. And the well-known black-and-white classification of farmers does not reflect reality."
Agroecology as an agricultural system ultimately functions in a free market, in which supply and demand, and therefore competition, plays a role. On the ecological level the model is well established....
Renewable energy tech for livestock production
Tractors running on biogas? Electricity and heat from solar panels? Heat from a heat pump? The recently-started Horizon 2020 project RES4LIVE aims at replacing fossil fuels on livestock farms with cos...
Rearing Belgian Blue cattle at the De Serrano farm
Meet the De Serrano family, third-generation cattle farmers in Belgium. They rear Belgian double-muscled beef cattle (so-called "Belgian Blues").
BovINE Project - towards environmentally sustainable beef production
Research institutes, consultants, agricultural organizations, livestock farmers and other stakeholders from 9 EU member states join forces in the European network BovINE.
ILVO and Boerenbond join European network to stimulate knowledge sharing on sustainable innovation in cattle farming
Research institutes, consultants, agricultural organisations, livestock farmers and other stakeholders from 9 EU member states are joining forces to accelerate the exchange of ideas on how to make Eur...
Monitor for Grazing Cows
Thanks to smart monitors, farmers from Saeftinge can track their cows on the computer.
Efficient use of protein in cattle feed in response to climate legislation
Protein savings through improvement of forage quality, precision feeding, and more efficient cows: that is the triple goal of project EKOPTI