Precision livestock farming
...ol and feeding. This is also increasing on dairy farms, and includes things like milking robots and manure robots. But sensors are also used, such as pedometers for draft detection. However, t...
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Water in agriculture
...ivestock farming, there are examples of businesses that want to purify the liquid fraction of manure to irrigate grassland.Which agricultural sectors consume the most water? Currently, greenhou...
Soil health
...ine of a healthy soil. This engine is kept running by adding stable organic matter such as farmyard manure and compost, but roots, root exudates, green cover crop residues and crop residues such as...
Soil improvement with organic fertilizers
...ied. Crop residues Organic residue streams are also created on farms. In addition to animal manure, there are crop residues, such as cleaning waste at vegetable growers and fodder residues ...
Methane emissions in livestock farming (enteric emissions)
...hose methane emissions come from enteric fermentation (70%). The remaining 30% are emissions from manure and manure storage. In addition to having a warming effect on our earth, methane emissions a...
Soil: carbon sequestration
...a crop residues left behind on the field or indirectly via external organic material such as animal manure, compost, wood chips, etc. Through soil life, this fresh organic material is converted par...
Algae: seaweed and microalgae
...erry growth and make the plants more resistant to disease.Microalgae could also be used in manure processing to reduce emissions from digestate and other end products.Finally, certa...
Nitrogen
...ors, but a large share in ammonia (NH3) emissions. The main sources of ammonia emissions are barns, manure storage, field application of manure, and manure processing. Ammonia is a major contributo...
Antibiotic residues, antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in manure, soil and plants and the potential exposure of humans
General introductionWhen livestock manure is used on agricultural land, in addition to the known attention to environmental problems, concern is increasing about antibiotic residues and antibiotic...
ILVO takes first steps to map spread of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance through manure
...nt to also investigate the possibility of an indirect route through the environment. Through manure, antibiotics and antibiotic resistant germs can end up in the soil, on and in plants, and in soil...
Nitrogen effects of cut green manures in relation to application method and soil condition
Grass-clover mixes (fresh or ensiled) can be applied as a cut green manure in field and greenhouse crops. ILVO, Inagro, PCG and UGent evaluated whether the depth at which the cut green manure is intro...
The transition period as a monitoring window for the nutritional and metabolic resilience of high-yielding dairy cattle.
...t, extensive monitoring of dairy cattle (including the activity of the animal and blood-, milk- and manure metabolites) is performed in order to assess the reason for reduced transition success. Th...
BASTA: Biochar’s Added value in Sustainable land use with Targeted Applications in processes, growing media & (future proof) open-field cultivation
...ibility of biochar production and biochar utilization from residual biomass. Biochar was applied in manure and biomass processing, substrate crops and open fields. Multidisciplinary data (chemical,...
Toward a farm-economic and environmental win-win by more efficient feed use in pig farming
...he barn climate.We made progress in predicting the net energy of the feed by analyzing feed and manure through NIRS. Crucial for the widespread application of the NIRS technique is the availabi...
Sustainable cultivation in container and open field using materials of local origin with enhanced microbial life and ready for use growers of ornamental plants
...ssil-based raw material. In addition, for the cultivation of ornamentals in open field, mainly farm manure is used; a carbon source and soil improver with a narrow base. Growers of ornamentals are ...
Routeplanner Melkvee 2.0: a successful strategic decision-making tool is ready for scaling up
... dairy farmers better substantiate their strategic business decisions (growth, rearing young stock, manure disposal, etc.) in a way that is tailored to their farm, within an ever-changing market an...
Alternative dewormers for organic laying hens
...ree of worm infestation on a farm. The indicators used will be the number of eggs per gram (EPG) in manure, the immune cells present in the blood of the laying hens and the presence of worms at aut...
Methane emissions from cattle in Flanders and opportunities to reduce methane emissions
...as increased emissions of other greenhouse gases or a shift of the emission from the mouth to the manure. We measure that for the other greenhouse gases and examine the manure for emissions. We ver...
Measuring and managing sow condition for optimal longevity and lifelong production
...sadvantageous, but it also implies a less efficient use of raw materials and a higher production of manure with associated emissions. This is because with an increased replacement rate, more sows a...
FLOWER4TREES: using flower mixtures as a win-win situation for biodiversity and grower at open field tree nursery
...he ambition of the Operational Group FLOWER4TREES in two use cases: (i) the area planted with green manure between two growing cycles and (ii) the strips between planted rows. On Flemish tree nurse...
Innovative concepts and technologies for ECOlogically sustainable NUTRIent management in agricultureaiming to prevent, mitigate and eliminate pollution in soils, water and air
...ck.Research approachILVO is conducting experiments at its Pig Campus on the effect of rapid manure removal and the use of urease inhibitors on ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions. The OTIC...
Climate adaptive practices to reduce nutrient losses: a survey
... consisting of three sections. In part 1 the efficiency of the existing legal provisions concerning manure production and manure use is investigated. To what extent do they take into account the ex...
Toward climate-smart agriculture and food production
...y eat grass, which is not digestible for humans, and convert it into high-quality protein and manure. This manure maintains the fertility of other fields so that field crops and vegetables can grow...
Organic agriculture
...and plant production on farms or between farms can be integrated in order to close nutrient cycles (manure – feed) at a higher level.
How can farmers adapt fertilization to extreme weather conditions?
...ture study consisting of 3 parts. In part 1, the efficiency of existing legal provisions concerning manure production and manure use is investigated. To what extent do they take into account the ex...
First large-scale AGROECOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTAL PLATFORM launched in Flanders
... nature conservation agency (ANB) will supply the clippings, while plant residues and animal manure come from farms. The new formula is being evaluated and substantiated here. We are also making th...
Reducing ammonia and especially odor emissions from the pig house by adapted ventilation
...s we conclude that there is still progress to be made in avoiding undesirable air exchanges between manure pit and barn space. At the same time, we need to continue to work on a construction-techni...
Extending the cow's life span as a climate strategy
...rmers can realize their milk production with fewer animals. This means profit in terms of roughage, manure disposal and labor. In addition, it results in lower methane emissions per liter of milk, ...
ILVO expands compost site and points to potential of compost
...ams. ILVO is licensed to work with all possible plant waste streams, and also with solid animal manure products, including those derived from manure digesters. "From now on, when researching recipe...
LCA (life cycle analysis) in agricultural context
... the model confirm that the choice of agricultural practices (e.g. a certain crop rotation, type of manure, use of cover crops) can have a major impact on the carbon stocks of the soil. Also th...
The added value of biochar application for sustainable land use
...rization option for existing residual biomass. Within the BASTA project, this product is applied in manure and biomass processing, substrate crops and open field. Chemical, biological, economic, an...
Short-chain marketing facilitates ON FARM research by ILVO
...se in their own farm shop. "Our collaboration with ILVO started when we agreed to deposit our manure on the organic fields at ILVO. In the meantime, we have indicated our interest in relation to th...
No, the world is not going to end now that CRISPR is GMO in Europe, but ...
...erse dietary and health needs, on less agricultural land, with fewer external inputs (manure, pesticides, etc.) and in a more extreme climate. It's really too bad, then, to regulate the impleme...
Exploratory research on spray drones in precision agriculture
...space and time. An important goal of precision farming is to make efficient use of inputs such as manure, water and pesticides, even with large acreage, and to obtain better harvests, leading to bo...
European organic greenhouses based on agro-ecological practices
... borders, with mixed crop cultivation for disease suppression, and use of green manures and compost for better soil fertility. ILVO analyses the soil and crops and controls the soil management....