Robust and resilient dairy production systems

How to create good conditions for dairy cattle husbandry in different production systems?

The final report of this Focus Group has been published.

Find all the information at a glance in the robust and resilient dairy farming systems factsheet.

Tasks:

• To identify new or underused approaches and practices which increase robustness in dairy cattle husbandry in different production systems and regions. Practices and strategies increasing robustness at animal, farm, species and/or production system level can be taken into account.
• To analyse the impact of the most promising identified approaches and practices on profitability and animal welfare, their success and fail factors and barriers for implementation.
• Summarise how to address these aspects and explore the role of innovation and knowledge exchange in addressing the challenges identified.
• Propose potential innovative actions and ideas for Operational Groups to stimulate the use and improvement of robustness related practices at farm level.
• Identify needs from practice and possible gaps in knowledge related to robustness which may be solved by further research.  

Results:

• Starting paper
• Final report
• Factsheet
• Brochure Sustainable livestock farming

Other information:

• Agenda 1st meeting 23-24 November 2016 Zagreb, Croatia
• Agenda 2nd meeting 19-20 April 2017 Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• Minipaper on farm management strategies
• Minipaper on genetically robust and resilient dairy cows
• Minipaper on indicators for robust and resilient dairy farming
• Minipaper on precision livestock farming
• Minipaper on skills for the future of robust and resilient dairy farming
• Minipaper on societal and economical challenges
• Minipaper on systems of milk production

Focus Group members:

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Resources from the Focus Group members:

Dutch factsheet on EIP-AGRI Focus Group "Robust and resilient dairy production systems" – Dutch Network Support Unit