Project
EuroDairy
EuroDairy is a new network to connect dairy farmers wishing to improve the performance of their farms, and to provide a more sustainable future for their farms and families. This comes at a time of unprecedented challenges for the sector following the abolition of milk quotas.
EuroDairy spans 14 member states, encompassing 40% of dairy farmers, 45% of cows and 60% of European milk production. Twenty partners, well connected to industry, are drawn from emerging as well as mature milk producing regions of Europe. Further collaborations, notably with European Dairy Farmers, increase the impact of the network.
EuroDairy will focus on real issues affecting future sustainability:
- Socio-economic resilience - in the face of greater price volatility.
- Resource efficiency in the use of increasingly expensive inputs, which also impact on the environment.
- Animal care - innovative management practices which also reduce the need for antibiotic use.
- Biodiversity - combining care for the environment with profitable dairy farming.
Publications
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Closing Nutrient Cycle: the Dutch way : EuroDairy workshop January 24-25th 2018, Vught (The Netherlands)
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D1.5 EuroDairy Final network conference : Copa-COGECA, Brussels, 23 January 2019
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Eurodairy, a European thematic network for dairy farming
In: Grassland resources for extensive farming systems in marginal lands: major drivers and future scenarios / , Porqueddu, C., Franca, A., Lombardi, G., Molle, G., Peratoner, G., Hopkins, A.. - Wageningen : Wageningen Academic Publishers (Grassland Science in Europe ) - ISBN 9788890177194 - p. 170 - 172. -
Eurodairy: a bottom-up approach to transfer innovations on grass to European farmers
In: Sustainable meat and milk production from grasslands / , Horan, B., Hennessy, D., O'Donovan, M., Kennedy, E., McCarthy, B., Finn, J.A., O'Brien, B.. - Wageningen : Wageningen Academic Publishers (Grassland Science in Europe ) - ISBN 9781841706436 - p. 944 - 946.