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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. […]
Building bridges between thematic networks By Richard Lynch, Teagasc A Thematic Network is a particular format of multi-actor project promoted by EIP-AGRI and funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme to work on a specific theme. Its principal aim is to bring people/actors from science and practice together to co-create readily implementable, useful and practical outputs. There […]
Smart Farming Seminar Sources and Solutions: The Link Between Our Soils & Water Quality By Richard Lynch BovINE’s partner, Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), is holding an online conference Wednesday 20th October from 8.30pm to 9.30pm (9:30-10:30 CET), discussing the findings from their project ‘Smart Farming’, which is a programme that focuses on providing farmers with the […]