Current state of the feeding systems on dairy farms in the Principality of Asturias (Spain)

Bijeenkomst: EGF2015
Auteur: Jiménez-Calderón J.D., Santiago C., Martínez-Fernández A. and Vicente F.
ISBN: 978-9090-289-61-8
Jaar van uitgifte: 2015
Producttype: Paper
Nowadays, a wide range of dairy farms coexist: from family farms to large-scale dairy farms. In order to determine the feeding systems of the dairy farms in Asturias (Spain), a sample of close to 2% of the total number of dairy farms (2,446) was randomly selected and surveyed. Farms were stratified according to their milk quota into four groups: 500 Mg year‑1. Milk yields in each group were 6,120, 7,525, 7,997 and 9,537 kg cow‑1 per lactation, respectively (P