Bijeenkomst: EGF2015 Auteur: Delagarde R., Delaby L., Peyraud J.L. and Faverdin P. ISBN: 978-9090-289-61-8 Jaar van uitgifte: 2015 Producttype: Paper Robust modelling of pasture herbage intake by grazing dairy cows under a wide range of grazing and supplementary feeding strategies allows the better combination of high rates of pasture utilization and nutrition management in dairy …
Comparison of feeding time in barn and pasture under a given grass allowance in a system with robotic milking and strip grazing by using collected sensor data
Bijeenkomst: EGF2015 Auteur: Ipema A.H., Holshof G. and De Mol R.M. ISBN: 978-9090-289-61-8 Jaar van uitgifte: 2015 Producttype: Paper In the Autograssmilk project funded by the EU-FP7 programme an experiment was conducted with the objective to study the potential of using new technologies for the optimisation and integration of automatic milking with cow grazing. Data …
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% …
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Production pasture versus exercise and recreation pasture for cows in automatic milking systems
Bijeenkomst: EGF2015 Auteur: Spörndly E., Andersson S., Pavard N., Le Goc S. ISBN: 978-9090-289-61-8 Jaar van uitgifte: 2015 Producttype: Paper In an automatic milking unit, a daytime grazing system with production pasture (group P) was compared with offering cows a small grass-covered paddock only for exercise and recreation, i.e. exercise pasture (group E). Two experiments …
Production and cow-traffic management during the pasture season in large herds with automatic milking
Bijeenkomst: EGF2015 Auteur: Spörndly E. and Karlsson M. ISBN: 978-9090-289-61-8 Jaar van uitgifte: 2015 Producttype: Paper A field study on management during the pasture season was conducted on 20 Swedish farms with at least two automatic milking (AM) units and over 130 cows registered in the official control system. The objective was to compare milk …
Application of grass and cow sensor data to support grazing management in high output systems
Bijeenkomst: EGF2015 Auteur: Zom R.L.G., Holshof G., Ipema A.H. and De Mol R.M. ISBN: 978-9090-289-61-8 Jaar van uitgifte: 2015 Producttype: Paper An experiment was conducted with the objective of evaluating whether the combined data from grazing and rumen pH sensors could be used to support grazing management. Data were collected during the 2014 grazing season …
Possibilities and constraints for grazing in high output dairy systems
Bijeenkomst: EGF2015 Auteur: Hennessy D., Delaby L., Van den Pol-van Dasselaar A. and Shalloo L. ISBN: 978-9090-289-61-8 Jaar van uitgifte: 2015 Producttype: Paper In temperate and oceanic regions, grazed grass is the lowest cost feed available for milk production. In other regions, grazed grass is less important but can contribute to the diet of livestock. …
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Yield and nutritive value of binary legume-grass mixtures under grazing
Bijeenkomst: EGF2015 Auteur: Bélanger G., Tremblay G.F., Dos Passos Bernardes A., Papadopoulos Y., Fillmore S., Lajeunesse J. and Duynisveld J. ISBN: 978-9090-289-61-8 Jaar van uitgifte: 2015 Producttype: Paper Legume-grass mixtures generally provide more consistent forage yield than monocultures. We studied 18 binary mixtures of one legume and one grass species for dry matter (DM) yield, …
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Exploitable yield potential of grasslands in the Netherlands
Bijeenkomst: EGF2015 Auteur: Cornelissen J.M.R., De Haan M.H.A., Hin C.J.A., Zijerveld E.J.M. and Philipsen A.P. ISBN: 978-9090-289-61-8 Jaar van uitgifte: 2015 Producttype: Paper The Dutch dairy sector is leading in production efficiency with research and innovation achieving great improvements by focussing on the cow as the central production factor. Grass and soil, while also being …
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Grazing and difficult circumstances: economic benefits depend on milk price and grazing efficiency
Bijeenkomst: EGF2015 Auteur: Holshof G., Evers A.G., De Haan M.H.A. and Galama P.G. ISBN: 978-9090-289-61-8 Jaar van uitgifte: 2015 Producttype: Paper Dairy herds in the Netherlands will increase in size in the coming years, due to the imminent abolition of milk quotas. Also more farms will make use of automatic milking systems (AMS). Both trends …