EuroDairy – Case studies

Case studies and innovating ideas from dairy farmers involved in the EuroDairy network.

United Kingdom

‘Antibiotics Anonymous’ final meeting

Curlew Fields Farm (Yorkshire): High levels of animal health is key to success

Dealing with phosphorous the Dutch way

Exchange visit: British to Dutch dairy farmers – alternative housing systems

Family Farm Dyson (Holly Green Farm): Zero mortality rate in dairy calves

Farm visit: Millers Court Farm (Worcestershire)

Farm visit: Woodland Farm (Gloucestershire)

Feed Efficiency at Curlew Fields Farm, Yorkshire

Flexibility is the key to success in pasture-based system

Grassland management a key focus at French exchange to UK

Houghton Lodge Farm: Keeping tight control of costs is crucial

Reducing antibiotic usage on UK dairy farms following an exchange visit to the Netherlands (Buttermoor Farm)

Roger Hildreth: Lessons from the European Dairy Farmers visit to Northern Ireland

Roger Hildreth: Sharing knowledge to tackle antimicrobial resistance across Europe

Selective dry cow therapy – Best practice technique

Selective dry cow therapy – Decision-making process

Sharing dairy knowledge across Europe

The use of self-feed clamps to reduce demand on labour

UK farmers exchange visit to the Netherlands

Video: Millers Court Farm

Belgium

Cash flow on Belgian dairy farms in a long-time low

Video: Business scan helps Belgian dairy farmers innovate

Video: Diversity on intensive dairy farms in Europe

France

Commercialisation and transformation, in a peri-urban area

Man, a development and success factor

New low carbon experiment @ Trevarez KTC (France)

What strategies should be adopted to deal with hazards?

Une nouvelle experimentation tournee vers le bas-carbone a la station de Trevarez (in French)

Video case study GAEC du Crocomby (France): Drive a socio-economic, resilient dairy system

Video: Pilot farm – Poisy training center, France

Netherlands

Feeding novel proteins

Keep in balance

Dutch dairy sector switches to sustainable soya

Video: Dutch dairy farmer Frank Post: 'Efficiency and sustainability are friends'

Vruchtbare Kringloop goes Europe (Dutch)

Northern Ireland

Dairy cattle welfare assessment: Keeping it practical

Spain

A Spanish checklist for dairy farmers

Video case study: Vista Alegra Farm. Spanish solutions to de-intensification in dairy farming

Video case studio: Cooperativa Agraria Provincial de A Coruña – Galician confidence in the rural sector

Sweden

30% of Swedish dairy farms now milk with robots

Italy

Delsante – Selling cheese through social media/Vendere Formaggio tramite i social media

The EuroDairy network expands in the Emilia–Romagna region

Video: Watch Fattoria Rossi's highly valuable short milk supply chain

Finland

Dairy cow welfare measurements in the development of farm operations

The agricultural consortium Lappala made soft beds for cows

Farm silage yield in kilograms

Cost savings with crushed grain

This project has received funding from the European Union`s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 696364.

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