Dairy Pasture Management in Integrated Farming

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livestock trail ThiryIntegrated Farming Topic Sheet no 7 / 2016

As a consequence of the globalisation of the milk market and resulting price volatility, the European dairy sector faces enormous challenges. In addition to these economic developments, there are also growing environmental and societal challenges: the preservation of the abiotic resources soil, air and water, and the protection of nature and biodiversity as biotic resources receive growing public attention. Innovative dairy production systems including effective pasture management as characterised in the Integrated Farming (IF) Framework helps dairy farmers to improve the sustainability of their businesses. Read more…