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Contact person for... - prof.dr.ir. RF (Roel) Veerkamp

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  Precision agriculture - Smart Farming

  Precision agriculture or Smart Farming means that plants or animals get precisely the treatment they need, thanks to the latest technology.

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• Big data, precision agriculture and robotics in livestock farming

  Research into applying big data, precision agriculture and robotics in livestock farming. Together with partners, we work on technological...

News

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  Methane emissions from cows and sheep can be reduced by 25% using breeding programmes

  8 april 2025 | WUR receives 27.4 million dollars from Bezos Earth Fund & Global Methane Hub to start the Global Methane Genetics initiative and reduce emissions...
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  Update on the Global Livestock Genetics and Genomics Programme selecting for Reduced Methane Emissions in Ruminants

  29 april 2024 | Scientists from Animal Breeding and Genomics (ABG) are now investigating how ruminants’ microbiome data can be used in breeding programs in...
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  5 million grant for breeding efforts to reduce methane

  18 december 2023 | Prof. Roel Veerkamp of Wageningen University & Research is going to lead a global program to coordinate and accelerate the worldwide efforts to...
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  World conference on livestock genetics with a Dutch touch

  23 april 2021 | The 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP) will take place from 3 to 8 July 2022 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The...