How can I make my dairy farm more resilient?
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In which area am I more interested in?
In Animal welfare or Environment or Society problems?
In Technical efficiency?
In Economic and Social resilience?
Economic and social resilience
Solutions with a mix of Economic and Social resilience
Solutions about Social resilience
Solutions about Economic resilience
Solutions about Economic resilience
Solutions with a mix of Economic and Social resilience
Solutions about Social resilience
Technical Efficiency
Solutions about cattle Management
Solutions about surfaces
Solutions about efficiency
Solutions about cattle Management
Solutions about efficiency
Solutions about surfaces
Animal welfare, Environment and Society problems
Solutions about Animal Welfare
Solutions about Society Friendly
Solutions about Environment
Solutions about Animal Welfare
Solutions about Environment
Solutions about Society Friendly
Measuring pasture to be resilient
Dairy nutrition
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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
Explore the advantages of renewable energy production on farm
The advantages of micro biogas
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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
1. Introduction to Lean Thinking
3.Visual Management
4. Standard work on farm
2. The 8 wastes on farm
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 stimulation ECONOMIC 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
Barn with access to outside
Calf barn ventilation
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Extensive grazing system with milking robot
Increasing grass grown
NIR spectrometers
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
Sandbedding in freestalls
Sand as deep bedding in cubicles
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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 farm SOCIAL 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
Organic cheese factory
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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
Biogasbased electricity production
Develop biogas plant
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Benefits of MSS
Resilient Grassland Management
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Pasture and red clover silage
Italian presentation
Belgian presentation
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AFS 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
Cow calf contact system in Finland
Nurse Cow in Belgium
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Cooperation between farmers to optimize farm efficiencies
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SOCIAL RESILIENCE
Insemination strategy inseminate with the right straw
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
Decrease carbon footprint on dairy farms
Measure carbon footprint schemes
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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
On farm milk processing
Milk processing and direct marketing
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Crossbreeding to improve milk composition
breed indexes and genetic selection (A2 milk)
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Increasing the efficiency of slurry by soil injection to reduce nitrogen losses and increase yields
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY FRIENDLY
