News of the Animal Production Systems Group
News
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Start pilot cultivating rice on peatland
- Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative for cows on peatland? A pilot experiment started this week. On May 22nd, researchers from Wageningen... -
Raimon Ripoll-Bosch leader of new FAO Ecosystem Services group
- FAO has appointed our researcher Raimon Ripoll-Bosch as one of the leaders of the Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) technical... -
PhD course Fundamentals of Animal Emotion
- From Monday March 6 to 8, 2023 the PhD course Fundamentals of Animal Emotion was held in Wageningen for the third time. -
Solar panels and sheep are a good fit
- APS-graduate Emma Kampherbeek published her thesis work done in California in Applied Animal Behaviour. She found that sheep graze more in plots with... -
Solar farm sheep graze more
- Research into the combination of sheep and solar panels, for which master's student Emma Kampherbeek travelled to California, earned her a publication... -
Cum laude PhD degree awarded to Allyson Ipema
- On the 13th of January Allyson Ipema from the Adaptation Physiology group successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Fly in the coop –... -
Sustainable livestock farming results from pluralism, regulation and creativity
- ‘Pluralism, diversity, regulation, social responsibility and creativity provide the future solution for sustainable livestock farming.... -
Predicting nitrogen use efficiency of individual dairy cows by mid-infrared spectra
- Mid-infrared (MIR) spectra of milk can be a useful tool in the prediction of nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of individual dairy cows. This is the main... -
Award for best PhD Course
- The WIAS (Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences) Annual Conference is a conference organized by and for PhD candidates to present their work. The... -
Successful first run of Sensor Data in Animal Sciences course
- In period 2, the new course ‘Sensor Data in Animal Sciences’ had a successful first run. The course is about sensors used in animal...