Content related to the sectors: dairy

16 February 2024

EuroDairy – Keep in balance

Stef van den Hurk is a real next generation dairy farmer. His dairy farm succeeds in keeping its input/output balance up to date with the latest agrobotics and solid-liquid manure separation in the barn.

16 February 2024

EuroDairy – Feeding novel proteins

Robert Maas is a futureproof dairy farmer from Holland who embraces novel automation techniques and feeds his herd with green beans.

20 March 2026

EuroDairy news (2016−2019)

Read the latest news from the EuroDairy network.

24 March 2026

EuroDairy – Operational groups

The EuroDairy operational groups are existing or new networks (projects), consisting of dairy farmers and other actors engaged in the development and implementation of practical innovations on the four sustainability themes.

18 March 2026

EuroDairy – Case studies

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

2 April 2026

EuroDairy – Socio-economics

The objective is to increase the socio-economic resilience of dairy production systems across diverse regions of the EU. In particular, EuroDairy will seek to develop farm-level solutions and strategies to deal with market volatility.

4 September 2024

EuroDairy – Lean management on a dairy farm

Lean management is an approach to managing a farm that supports the concept of continuous improvement.

4 September 2024

EuroDairy – Milk price volatility

Dairy farmers are often confronted with substantial changes in the prices they receive for their milk. When you have a look at the milk prices of the last decade, it’s clear that all dairy farmers have to deal with fluctuating prices. The cause of this phenomenon? Dairy farmers make relatively small changes in short-run milk production decisions when the milk price changes and consumers do the same thing with purchase decisions. This type of behaviour can lead to volatile prices.

4 September 2024

EuroDairy – Working conditions of dairy farmers

Agriculture in general, and dairy farming in particular, are very demanding sectors in terms of work. The annual workload, the day-to-day activities and the physical aspect of the work all need to be considered. The size of dairy cattle is increasing steadily all around Europe, activities are diversifying, and administrative tasks are becoming more numerous and complex. However, workforce resources are not increasing as fast and are even decreasing in several countries.

4 September 2024

EuroDairy – Research and policy development needs in relation to socio-economic resilience

This page summarises research and policy development needs in relation to socio economic resilience. It has been collated from feedback obtained during workshops, preparation of technical reports, farmer exchange visits and operational group interactions.

2 September 2024

EuroDairy – Socio-economic resilience webinars

This page covers EuroDairy webinars delivered on the broad topic of socio-economic resilience.

20 February 2024

Teachers empowered with hands-on farm experience

In January, sixty-five teachers from various parts of the country participated in a hands-on workshop at Harper Adams University