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BovINE invited to participate in MIXED project workshop By José M. M. Pais, BovINE Network Manager for Portugal Last March, José M. M. Pais, BovINE’s Network Manager in Portugal, was invited by Consulai to participate in a workshop hosted by the EU funded project “MIXED – Efficient and Resilient Mixed Farming & Agroforestry”. This project […]
22nd June 2021 Sustainability of European Beef Farming: Challenges and Solutions 09:30-17:00 CEST The BovINE network invites you to register now for the project’s next public meeting, being held online on the 22nd June 2021. This meeting, organised and hosted by French project partners IDELE and FNB, will focus on the Sustainability of European Beef […]
Reducing nutrient losses during storage of manure by improvement of storage conditions or composting By Koen Willekens & Riet Desmet, ILVO In Belgian beef production systems, finishing beef stables are bedded with straw, resulting in a solid manure that is classified as such, i.e., having a dry matter content of minimum 20%. In the previous […]
BovINE project: a great opportunity for French farmers to exchange good practices By Marie Penn, FNB & Helene Fuchey, IDELE The Fédération Nationale Bovine (FNB) is proud to be part of the BovINE project, the very first EU funded project that FNB has been involved in as a project partner. The BovINE project presents a […]
Honourable mention for BovINE abstract at Congress in Brazil The Work Package 5 team, Production Efficiency & Meat quality from BovINE network obtained an honourable mention for their abstract submitted to an International Congress related to health and animal production in ruminants held virtually in September 2020 in Brazil. The abstract was one of the 20 publications awarded out of 96 accepted. Congress counted with the participation of Brazilian and international speakers and, because it was online, reached […]
BovINE project published in “Heraldo de Aragón” “Heraldo de Aragón” is a Spanish newspaper distributed in Aragón, Spain. This newspaper has a column in order to disseminate information about science and in February 2021 a newsletter was published about the BovINE project providing information about the project, both printed and online. “Bovine, la red que une a ganaderos, técnicos e investigadores” contains information made available by Virginia Resconi from WP5 and […]
Presenting BovINE at European Researcher’s Night On the 27th of November 2020, the BovINE project joined the European Researchers’ Night, an annual event with the objective of bringing researchers closer to citizens, so people can gain a better understanding of what researchers do and how it impacts their daily lives. These events are designed to be stimulating and capture the interest for a scientific career, especially among youth. The […]
Developing the BovINE Network in Ireland by Kevin Kinsella Irish Network Manager BovINE is an EU funded network project focused on knowledge exchange to help address the challenges and drive sustainability in the beef sector. The project is connecting the beef sector across 9 EU countries by providing an open platform – the BovINE Knowledge Hub – where beef […]
Masters student in Agricultural Innovation joins the BovINE network BovINE coordinating partner, Teagasc, has appointed a valuable new team member, Michael O’Connor, a student of the Masters in Agricultural Innovation Support Programme. He is working across three H2020 thematic networks – BovINE, LIAISON and FAIRshare – as part of his Masters research programme. For the BovINE project, […]
Cattle farming 2021 – where does the road take us? Cost efficiency and animal welfare are and have been central constants in the further development of animal husbandry; but ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions as well as social acceptance are also shaping the future of livestock farming. The head of the working group “Animal health […]