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FMV collaborate with Temple Grandin for two-day beef cattle event TEMPLE GRANDIN SHOW – Behavior and management in cattle, June 07-08 2022 Portugal BovINE’s Portuguese partner, FMV, is collaborating with world-renowned scientist and animal behaviourist, Dr. Mary Temple Grandin – Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, for a two-day event focusing on dairy […]
BovINE Webinar: Autofeed 30th May 5pm CEST Online About this webinar Leader of the Socioeconomic Resilience Thematic Working Group, Kees De Roest, will be joined by experts Carlo Bisaglia, Massimo Brambilla, Paolo Rossi, Ambra Motta, Aldo Calcante and Francesco Maria Tangorra for this webinar focusing on: 1. The available technologies for the automation of Total Mixed Rations – TMR. Carlo Bisaglia & Massimo Brambilla. CREA, Italy. Presenter: Massimo Brambilla […]
FABulous Farmers By Riet Desmet , ILVO FABulous Farmers is a European project designed to support farmers in the transition to more agro-ecological practices on their farms. The project aims to reduce the reliance on external inputs, like chemical fertilisers and pesticides, by encouraging the use of methods and interventions that increase the farm’s Functional […]
ERBS Deepens Understanding of Opportunities to Improve Environmental Impact of Beef Production By Rozanne Davis, ERBS Roundtable Climate change is the major challenge for humanity in the 21st century and to overcome it, reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is essential. Livestock plays a role by emitting GHG either directly (from enteric fermentation and manure […]
BovINE Event: Webinar: Carbon Sequestration 25th April 2022 Online Leaders of the Environmental Sustainability Thematic Working Group, Riet Desmet and Karen Goosens will be joined by experts Paul Pardon, Josselin Andurand and Ennio Facq for this webinar focusing on Carbon Sequestration. Carbon sequestration is an important part of the reduction of greenhouse gases. In this, beef production systems can play an important role […]
BovINE Webinar: Why feed efficiency matters? 4th April 2022 Online Leaders of the Production Efficiency and Meat Quality Thematic Working Group, Virginia Resconi and Jakeline Romero will be joined by BovINE Portuguese Network Manager José Pais and experts Lisa Rumsfeld, Pablo Guarnido, Paul Smith and Sinead Waters for this webinar focusing on Feed Efficiency. Speakers: Virginia Resconi – […]
BovINE making an impact – the farmer view An interview with John Dunne By Kevin Kinsella, Agspace, Ireland John Dunne and his family run a suckler to beef production grassland farm selling steers and heifers at less than 24 months of age on approx. 120ha of good quality land in Co Laois in the Irish […]
Collaboration between the European BovINE Network and the VART team in Spain BY VIRGINIA RESCONI & JAKELINE ROMERO, UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA In 2017, a team was created in Spain to develop a consensual methodology for the Bull Breeding Soundness Evaluation (Valoración de la Aptitud Reproductiva de Toros – VART team) with the aim of improving […]
BovINE European Network at the livestock farmers’ fair in Zaragoza, Spain By Virginia Resconi & Jakeline Romero, Universidad de Zaragoza The 15th International Fair for Animal Production (FIGAN) was held from 21 to 24 September 2021 in Zaragoza, Spain. The fair is held every two years, with the participation of various stakeholders, such as farmers, […]
Agroforestry in Flanders By Karen Goossens, ILVO This winter 20 extra Flemish farmers will start to work with agroforestry Today, about 100 farmers in Flanders are consciously working with agroforestry. That is the deliberate combination of a classic agricultural crop or keeping livestock with the cultivation of trees, shrubs or hedges on the same plot. […]