News Livestock & Environment
A news overview about Livestock & Environment of Wageningen Livestock Research.
News overview
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New action agenda for dairy development in emerging economies
- Contributing to nutrition, employment and sustainability: these are the three objectives for future dairy development support in emerging economies.... -
Brochure ‘Manure, a valuable resource’ updated
- With new views and insights on livestock manure Wageningen Livestock Research has updated the brochure ‘Manure, a valuable resource’. The... -
Pilot: burning methane
- When manure from the dairy industry is stored, it releases the strong greenhouse gas methane that gets into the atmosphere. Wageningen Livestock... -
Towards ”perfect” heifer management (summary)
- The International Symposium on Dairy Cattle Nutrition 2019 (17 January) was happy to host almost 300 international participants for an exchange on the... -
Variation in efficacy of new feed supplement to reduce methane emissions identified
- A novel methane inhibitor feed supplement, 3-nitrooxypropanol (3NOP), reduces methane emissions. The efficacy of 3NOP varies widely though, showing no... -
New methods to predict methane emissions of dairy cattle
- Methane emissions of dairy cattle can be predicted using both milk fatty acids and milk infrared spectra. This has been demonstrated by researchers at... -
Revival of dual purpose dairy cattle breeds?
- Recently published research of Theun Vellinga and Marion de Vries (2018) of Wageningen Livestock Research clearly shows that the challenge of reducing... -
Genomic management of animal genetic diversity
- A new textbook with this title was presented at a farewell seminar marking the retirement of Kor Oldenbroek from Wageningen University & Research.... -
Improving knowledge on feed and fodder in Sri Lanka
- Wageningen Livestock Research, together with the University of Peradeniya, conducts a Tailor Made Training on ‘Intensive Dairy Management’... -
Farmers updated on sustainable breeding at Dairy Campus
- On Wednesday January 11, 50 dairy farmers visited Dairy Campus to be updated on the research related to breeding.