Cows housed indoors with cubicles are probably more restricted in their choice of lying posture and orientation compared with cows housed on pasture. We therefore studied lying postures on pasture in Uruguay and the Netherlands, and in cubicles in the Netherlands, also recording orientation on pasture …

Insight into current scientific applications of Big Data in the precision dairy farming area may help us to understand the inflated expectations around Big Data. The objective of this invited review paper is to give that scientific background and determine whether Big Data has overcome the peak of inflated …

Veehouders kunnen baat hebben bij het gebruik van SOP’s, oftewel protocollen op het bedrijf.

Protocollair werken krijgt steeds meer belangstelling, ook in de melkveehouderij. Het kan het management van een bedrijf verbeteren en calamiteiten bij personeelsuitval gemakkelijker opvangen. Sensortechnologie en de vele data die op bedrijven worden verzameld, spelen een belangrijke rol bij de ontwikkeling …

In order to ensure their market position, dairy processors have developed guidelines to add up to the need of improved milk quality. Quality includes safety, composition, taste and sustainability. However, dairy processors cannot control the quality of dairy products completely themselves. It all starts …

Kruidenrijk grasland is goed voor de biodiversiteit, maar op welke manier kunnen ook de koe en de boer ervan meeprofiteren? En hoe zorg je dat de kruiden door de jaren heen behouden blijven? In het project Koeien en kruiden probeert Van Hall Larenstein antwoord te krijgen op die vragen.

The research was carried out in Shashamane-Hawassa milkshed to assess the impact of climate smart practices within the dairy farming systems based on the economic and environmental cost (GHG emissions) and benefits in order to advise on new scalable dairy farming practices in inclusive and resilient …

A case study on inclusiveness and resilience competencies for scaling up climate-smart of small-scale dairy farmers was done in Olengurone (Nakuru County) and Githunguri (Kiambu County) Kenya. The objective of the study to assess was knowledge and skills on Climate-Smart Agriculture to identify appropriate …

Inbreeding rates in the Holstein Friesian dairy cattle breed are rapidly increasing, by which the negative effects of inbreeding depression on performance are becoming increasingly remarkable. To avoid the effects of inbreeding depression, crossbreeding strategies may be applied. Crossbreeding results …