BovINE
Delivering a Sustainable Beef Sector By KEVIN KINSELLA, IRISH NETWORK MANAGER At 8.00pm on Tuesday October 26th BovINE will hold its 2nd Irish National Beef Event on-line. Beef farmers and all stakeholders in the beef and livestock sector are invited to attend virtually. The BovINE network links farmers, advisors, researchers, and all other relevant stakeholders, […]
Workshop Projeto BovINE By JOSÉ PAIS, ACBM Assunto: 2º Workshop do Projecto BovINE | 22 outubro 2021 das 14h às 16h30 Vai realizar-se, no dia 22 de outubro de 2021, a partir das 14h, o 2º Workshop no âmbito do Projecto BovINE: “Rede de Inovação Transeuropeia para a Carne de Bovino”, cujo programa junto se […]
BovINE presentation at the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP) conference By Riet Desmet Riet Desmet, co-lead of the BovINE WP6- Environmental Sustainability, presented at the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP) conference, which aims to promote the advancement of scientific research, sustainable development and production systems. The 72nd congress was held in Davos, from […]
Sustainable beef: what is the role of grass-based production systems? By Richard Lynch, Teagasc – Ireland The European beef sector produces meat to feed a large growing global population, whilst producing many other valuable products and services to the wider public. However, at present, it faces significant challenges relating to economic, social and environmental sustainability, […]
BovINE Demonstrations in Belgium by Dirk Audenaert, Bovine Network Manager for Belgium During the summer of 2021, we have visited several beef farms to make a film about good practices that were chosen in the BovINE network last year. The complete films will be on the Bovine website in autumn 2021. In June we […]
SUSTAINABLE LIVESTOCK FARMING:
THE ACTION PLAN FOR BEEF CATTLE BREEDING
Livestock and Precision Farming webinar for knowledge and networking exchange between Canadian and European bovine stakeholders BY VIRGINIA RESCONI & JAKELINE ROMERO, UNI ZARAGOZA Awareness of BovINE is increasingly spreading and the project is gaining recognition internationally. Recently, partners were invited to participate to one of the three virtual webinars: Livestock and Precision Farming, within the frame: “Enhancing Canada Europe Collaboration: Sustainable Agriculture”. The webinar aimed to strengthen ties between Canada and Europe, joining […]
BovINE participation in a congress in Spain: presentation of the project and a poster with data from a Demo By Virginia Resconi & Jakeline Romero, Uni Zaragoza Virginia Resconi, leader of the BovINE WP5, presented a live video (in Spanish) to publicise the project in a Spanish National Congress about Animal Production (XIX Jornadas sobre Producción Animal), which was held the 1st and 2nd June 2021 in an on-line format due […]
2021 Farm Demo: Precision Feeding On the 21st of May, the third demonstration took place within the scope of the BovINE project organized by the Portuguese team. This action will took place at the Mertolenga Performance Test Station at Currais e Simalhas farm, managed by ACBM, and was carried out in partnership with BovMais Operational […]
BovINE Demo Farms in Portugal BY JOSÉ M. M. PAIS, BOVINE NETWORK MANAGER FOR PORTUGAL On 25th March, Portuguese based BovINE partners, Promert and FMV, started the local farm based demonstrations for 2021. The meeting in March took place at the JMPC farm located in MOITA, Portugal, and was attended by 10 breeders and 10 […]