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Solutions about Economic resilience
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Solutions about cattle Management
Solutions about cattle Management
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Solutions about Society Friendly
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Animal welfare, Environment and Society problems
Solutions about Animal Welfare
Solutions about Environment
Solutions about Society Friendly
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Dairy nutrition
Measuring pasture to be resilient
Attract workforce/employee cooperation ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE SOCIETY FRIENDLY
Cooperative organisation that co ordinates slurry storage, transport and application of slurry in the field, and provides slurry to arable farmers ENVIRONMENT TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Practices to capture carbon in the soil ENVIRONMENT TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Cattle Eye as a tool to assess lameness in the dairy herd ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY FRIENDLY
Relying on specialized expertise in specific aspects of farming ANIMAL WELFARE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY FRIENDLY TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Replacement strategy when is my cow now longer profitable? ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Electricity Production on farm ECONOMIC RESILIENCE ENVIRONMENT
Maximizing forage performance to reduce concentrate feed - grass silage ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Biogas - How to utilise cattle effluents ECONOMIC RESILIENCE ENVIRONMENT
Automatic calf feeding ANIMAL WELFARE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Improved barns for greater animal welfare with outdoor access Advice ANIMAL WELFARE
Community supported agriculture on dairy farms -
- ECONOMIC RESILIENCE
- SOCIAL RESILIENCE
- SOCIETY FRIENDLY
Strategies to reduce silage storage losses ANIMAL WELFARE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE ENVIRONMENT TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Creation of agrifood value chain transparency ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIETY FRIENDLY
Improve quality of advisory services ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
ENCOURAGING IMPLEMENTATION OF VARIABLE SPEED DRIVE VACUUM PUMPS, USE OF MILK PRE COOLING AND OPTIMISATION OF WATER HEATING CYCLES TO REDUCE ELECTRICITY USE ENVIRONMENT TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Increasing the efficiency of slurry by soil injection to reduce nitrogen losses and increase yields ECONOMIC RESILIENCE ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY FRIENDLY
Automatic feeding systems AFS ANIMAL WELFARE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Finance models to facilitate succession ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE
Re educate and inform the (young) public about farming - Fro de Bauer" (ask the farmer) SOCIAL RESILIENCE
Biodiversity monitoring – A way to assess the impact of farming practices on ordinary biodiversity ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY FRIENDLY
Virtual fencing ANIMAL WELFARE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE SOCIETY FRIENDLY
EFFICIENT USE OF WATER FOR CLEANING FLOORS ENVIRONMENT TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
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The advantages of micro biogas
Explore the advantages of renewable energy production on farm
Separation of effluents ENVIRONMENT SOCIAL RESILIENCE
Breeding indexes and genetic selection to improve the characteristics of the dairy herd ANIMAL WELFARE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE
Explore, align with stakeholders and develop opportunities to align with regional rural goals on biodiversity and water and farm management ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE
Individual Farm KPI/Economic indicators including sectoral indicators for benchmarking ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE
Increase grazing vs indoor feeding to meet customer desires and added milk value ANIMAL WELFARE
Personal development on a wide spectrum of topics to increase resilience skills ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Cooperation between tillage and dairy farmers ECONOMIC RESILIENCE ENVIRONMENT
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Work Assessment Method - a way to discuss labour with farmers ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE
Use of rubber-coated flooring in alleys improves and stimulates safe cow movement ANIMAL WELFARE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Cross breeding with dairy breeds to improve performance, health fertility and longevity ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
4. Standard work on farm
2. The 8 wastes on farm
3.Visual Management
1. Introduction to Lean Thinking
Multispecies Swards (MSS) - using forage herbs for enhanced forage yield, nutrient uptake and biodiversity ENVIRONMENT TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
PREVENTION: GOOD PRACTICES AND BIOSECURITY ANIMAL WELFARE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Management of hedges and marginal areas to improve biodiversity ECONOMIC RESILIENCE ENVIRONMENT SOCIAL RESILIENCE
Generational succession strategies, support and planning ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE
Tool to calculate greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration (carbon footprint) and to facilitate decision making about reduction on dairy farms ECONOMIC RESILIENCE ENVIRONMENT SOCIAL RESILIENCE
Group housing of calves ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY FRIENDLY
Managing employees SOCIAL RESILIENCE
Earning carbon credits by implementing mitigation actions ENVIRONMENT
Human resource management, incentive systems and financing benefits to retain employees, linked to production results ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE
Improved water access for pre weaned calves to improve concentrate intake, hydration and welfare ANIMAL WELFARE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Freewalk housing system ANIMAL WELFARE
Career coaching support and stimulationECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Cross breeding with beef cattle breeds to increase the value of surplus young stock ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Red clover as a pure stand for silage can bring benefits ENVIRONMENT TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Cow-calf contact systems for improving animal health and welfare - Foster cows ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY FRIENDLY
Grants to promote knowledge dissemination, skills enhancement and oppoprtunity identification ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE SOCIETY FRIENDLY
Good practices for calf rearing that leads to high productive dairy cows ANIMAL WELFARE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE
On Farm Milk Sales ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE SOCIETY FRIENDLY
Routeplanner Dairy cattle ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Improve protein self sufficiency through pulse crops TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
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Calf barn ventilation
Barn with access to outside
Increasing grass grown
NIR spectrometers
Extensive grazing system with milking robot
Use of sexed semen to increase the number of heifer calves ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Use of Hospital Pens ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY FRIENDLY TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Working hours monitoring ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Housing technology for heat stress management ANIMAL WELFARE ENVIRONMENT TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Use of recycled manure solids as bedding material in cubicles for cows ANIMAL WELFARE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
System to provide live reports on feed-intake and efficiency based on weighing system on mixer wagon ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Engage advisory services/consultants to improve farm management ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Feed additives to reduce rumen methane production ENVIRONMENT
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Sand as deep bedding in cubicles
Sandbedding in freestalls
Catch crops - cheap and environmental beneficial forages ENVIRONMENT TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Sand Bedding in freestalls ANIMAL WELFARE
Herd health plan produced with vet ANIMAL WELFARE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Applying LEAN on a farmSOCIAL RESILIENCE
Reduction of first calving age to 23-25 month results in increased lifetime yield and profitability ANIMAL WELFARE ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY FRIENDLY TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Early detection of diseases - combination of sensors and software integrating information to assess fertility, health and location of animals ANIMAL WELFARE ENVIRONMENT TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Exploring the possibility of on-farm milk processing ECONOMIC RESILIENCE ENVIRONMENT SOCIAL RESILIENCE
Application of new grazing systems to increase market value of milk ANIMAL WELFARE
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Organic cheese factory
Milk processing
MANURE APPLICATION TAILORED TO PLANT NEEDS ECONOMIC RESILIENCE ENVIRONMENT SOCIAL RESILIENCE
Increased use of contractors for fodder production ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
CAP'2ER, a tool to assess carbon footprints and support innovative approaches ENVIRONMENT
Offering milk to calves via teat using bucket or milk bars ANIMAL WELFARE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE
Adding value to milk: the A2A2 case ECONOMIC RESILIENCE
Selective dry cow therapy (using milk recordings) ANIMAL WELFARE ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY FRIENDLY
Develop biogas plant ECONOMIC RESILIENCE ENVIRONMENT TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Provide farmers with a bull selector tool to identify available sires that are consistent with their breeding goal ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Technical solutions to mitigate ammonia emissions ENVIRONMENT
Improve protein self sufficiency through improvement of grassland management ANIMAL WELFARE ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY FRIENDLY TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Managing cash flows ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Genomic assessment of newborn calves ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Automation of labour using milking and feeding robots ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
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Develop biogas plant
Biogasbased electricity production
Pasture and red clover silage
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Resilient Grassland Management
Benefits of MSS
AFS presentation
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Belgian presentation
Italian presentation
Training of vets on advising on prevention methods ANIMAL WELFARE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Outsourcing of General Contract work ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Fencing of Water Bodies ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY FRIENDLY
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Cow calf contact system in Finland
Nurse Cow in Belgium
Cooperation between farmers to optimize farm efficiencies ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE
Insemination strategy inseminate with the right straw ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
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Decrease carbon footprint on dairy farms
Measure carbon footprint schemes
Colostrum management ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Measuring young stock for optimal growth ANIMAL WELFARE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE
Strategic hoof trimming to improve herd health status and longevity ANIMAL WELFARE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Picking sires to suit specific traits of dairy cows on farm ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Improvement of health, fertility and longevity in dairy herds to provide higher income for farmers and to reduce negative environmental effect ANIMAL WELFARE
Strategies to reduce methane emissions: Methane captured and processed into biogas via a mobile plant ENVIRONMENT
Working together on a farm ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE SOCIETY FRIENDLY
Low emission slurry spreading by application of slurry directly on the ground or beneath the sward of grass ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY FRIENDLY TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Peer groups of farmers to share technical skills, socio-economic knowledge and provide support with the use of facilitation methods ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Improve feed energy self-sufficiency through growing feed energy crops such as fodder beets and grains that can replace concentrates ANIMAL WELFARE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE
Biodiversity advisory and implementation package for dairy farms ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY FRIENDLY
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Milk processing and direct marketing
On farm milk processing
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Crossbreeding to improve milk composition
breed indexes and genetic selection (A2 milk)
Increasing the efficiency of slurry by soil injection to reduce nitrogen losses and increase yields
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY FRIENDLY
