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 …
Are there alternative paths towards more self-sufficient and resilient systems in dairy farms?
Bijeenkomst: EGF2015 Auteur: Peeters A., Delobel V. and Van der Ploeg J.D. ISBN: 978-9090-289-61-8 Jaar van uitgifte: 2015 Producttype: Paper This paper synthesizes a selection of socio-economic studies from France and the Netherlands, and an ethnographic study in Belgium. It compares grassland-based farms with ‘more intensive farms’. The first ones use less concentrates, crop less …