Stray voltage in the dairy barn
For cow welfare and to prevent abnormal cow behavior, it is important that the dairy barn is free of stray voltage. What is stray voltage, how do they occur and what to do about it are all addressed i...
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Methane reduction from grazing in dairy cattle
... the Flemish Covenant on Enteric Emissions Cattle 2019-2030 (CEER) mostly target lactating barn-fed dairy cows. The METHGRAS project focuses on how much methane an outdoor, grass-eating cow emits, ...
Agroecological Transition of the European Dairy Farming System
General introductionTo what extent can the agro-ecological transition in European dairy farming become more feasible, in order to improve water management, increase protection against global warming, ...
E-COW SENTINEL: climate-smart warning system for dairy cattle
The E-Cow Sentinel research project aims to develop a warning system that alerts dairy farmers in good time when there is an increased risk of heat stress for their cows.
Fast manure removal from dairy barns to reduce aerial emissions
The replacement of traditional slatted floors in dairy barns by a closed floor could potentially lead to a reduction in both ammonia and methane emissions.
Accelerated implementation of methane reducing feeding strategies in dairy farming
General introductionMETHEEN has demonstrated on eight dairy farms that methane-reducing feed measures from the Covenant on Enteric Emissions from Cattle (CEER) are applicable in practice, resulting in...
Cross-border exchange and application of research innovations aiming to increase nitrogen efficiency in dairy nutrition and profitability of dairy farms.
General introductionThe aim of this INTERREG project is to improve the profitability on dairy farms through extensive knowledge exchange over the French-Belgian border. The project is focused on incre...
Dairy farming
Dairy farmers, their customers, and their suppliers will find here the answer to “what can ILVO do for me?”. You’ll get a brief overview of relevant expertise, analyses, infrastructure, and the profes...
Analysis and processing of dairy products
Less soybean meal and lower methane emissions on organic dairy farms
SOMEBIO focuses on Flemish organic dairy farming, and how it can reduce its climate impact through better feed composition
Alternatives for conventional concentrate supplementation in automatic milking systems for dairy cattle
General introductionFlemish dairy farms with a milking robot see their variable cost on average 2.58 euros per 100 liters of milk higher than dairy farms with a conventional milking system. This highe...
Dairy farmers wish to improve their economic resilience and operational decision-making
...l introductionThe Operational Group MELKTOOLS aims to improve the economic resilience of its member dairy farmers. The reason is the observation that the profitability of an average dairy farm in F...
Innovative tools to support preventive and curative claw care in dairy cattle
...cipient hoof injuries based on thermal images and AI. The project started from the observation that dairy farmers still too often underestimate claw problems and lameness status on their farms. By ...
A Europe-wide thematic network in support of a sustainable future for EU dairy farmers
EuroDairy is a new international network to increase the economic, social and environmental sustainability of dairy farming in Europe
Route planner for Dairy 2.0: a successful strategic decision support tool needs scaling up
How can dairy farmers better substantiate their strategic business decisions in a way that is tailored to their farm, within an ever-changing market and social context?
Multi-criteria assessment, decision support and management tools for sustainable circular mixed farming systems for dairy production
The Dairymix project aims to provide a platform to evaluate the effects of changes in agricultural practices at both farm and regional levels.
Internet of Animals: Wireless Spatio-Temporal Observation of Dairy Goats Using Unsupervised Deep Learning
...sors on the animal to provide the farmer with real-time insight into the daily (inter)action of the dairy goats? The precision farming technology in this case aims at the optimization of the produc...
Conventional and organic dairy goat farmers explore the potential of zeolite for ammonia emission reduction.
...k production.Relevance/ValorizationThe use of zeolites to reduce ammonia emissions in (organic) dairy goats is a promising avenue, but further research is needed into the causes of the wide variabi...
Internet-of-animals: design and development of an integrated health and welfare monitoring system for dairy cows
...nTo manage the intensification of livestock production in an economically efficient way, the modern dairy farms have to rely on precision livestock farming (PLF) systems for the collection and the ...
Improving the life production of dairy cattle by optimizing the nutrition and management of young stock in Flanders
General introductionThis dairy farming project called "JongLeven" aims to provide Flemish dairy farmers with clear tools and guidelines to work on a more economical and sustainable husbandry of young ...
The transition period as a monitoring window for the nutritional and metabolic resilience of high-yielding dairy cattle.
General introductionThe dairy sector is characterized by increasing milk production per cow. This high productivity poses a challenge for the animal. Especially the period of 60 to 90 days around calv...
Algae: seaweed and microalgae
...d food-safe product. Microalgae Right in protein: from 25 to 60% of the dried product.Just as fish, dairy, egg and soy, they contain all the essential amino acids that people need, in sufficient am...
Feed as solution for the nitrogen crisis: Development of a tool to monitor low-protein rations in dairy cattle
...on, and the excretion of urinary urea. This urea is the main source of ammonia (NH3) emissions from dairy farming. A 1% decrease in dietary CP content can reduce NH3 emissions by 10%. Low protein r...
Nutritional mitigation and grassland climate adaptation strategies inrelation to enteric methane emissions from dairy cattle on grasssilage based-rations: effectiveness and trade-offs
... mitigation strategies or grassland climate adaptation strategies on enteric methane emissions from dairy cattle
Research on and implementation of "On-Practice Culture" as method for more rational and lower use of antimicrobials and better economic results on Flemish Dairy farms
...troductionMore selective treatment of non-severe cases of clinical mastitis (udder inflammation) in dairy cows can significantly reduce antibiotic use without causing any negative effects. Rapid di...
Stray voltage on dairy farms
... an official, scientifically-supported measurement protocol. Watch the video about stray voltage on dairy farms below.
Plant-based drinks versus dairy
Plant-based dairy alternatives: microbiological and production challenges Plant-based alternatives often contain legumes such as soy, peas, and lupine. These raw materials have a different microflora ...
Dairy wood farmer, dairy residual-flow farmer... ILVO in search of future-proof business concepts in the dairy sector
Dairy residual-flow farmer
How can individual dairy farms secure their future in a changing context? Commissioned by the Flemish Land Agency, ILVO researchers have developed ten schools of thought around this question. Two scen...
Dairy farm losses from heat waves quantified
Agricultural economists juxtaposed long-term production figures from all Flemish dairy farms with recorded weather events to assess the economic damage caused by heat. Heat can have a clear negative i...
Stray voltage in the dairy barn - Fedagrim
Stray voltage can affect the productivity and the welfare of dairy cattle.
Detection of hoof injuries in dairy cattle
The aim of the "Innovative tools for the support of preventive and curative hoof care in dairy cattle" project is to update and improve the current approach to hoof problems on Flemish dairy farms. Th...
Guidance helps Flemish dairy farmers reduce climate impact
Dairy farms that feed efficiently, achieve high milk production per cow, and manage their (young) cattle well have the lowest climate impact. This is evident from a thorough analysis of the 550 KLIMRE...
AEMON: Automatic detection of ammonia in dairy barns
Field beans in dairy cattle farming: toasting (for) success?
Field beans are an interesting alternative for imported soy in dairy production, but only if the beans are first heated. Those are the results from the ILVO-study within the EKOPTI project. Heating is...
Routeplanner Dairy Cattle provides economic rationale for farm choices
For four years, agricultural economists and dairy experts from ILVO, Boerenbond, Inagro and the Hooibeekhoeve worked on the economic calculation tool Routeplanner Dairy Cattle. According to its creato...
Claw health in dairy cattle: innovations in prevention, detection and care
Claw problems and lameness are important, often underestimated conditions in dairy cattle. They have serious economic consequences and a negative impact on cow welfare.The VLAIO Clawcare project spent...
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