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       The case studies of the different farm- innovations

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       The reports and deliverables of the project

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Technical leaflets

 

Belgium

• Hay drying in barn, a deep change in farm management
• Pasture of intercultures by sheep
• Short-grass grazing
• Extension of the grazing period in spring in integrated arable crop - livestock systems
• Extension of the grazing period in summer in integrated arable crop - livestock systems
• Extension of the grazing period in autumn in integrated arable crop - livestock systems

France

• Combining trees and grazed grasslands
• Building a cow tunnel to increase grazing area
• Cross-breeding and grazing management
• Barn drying
• Rotational grazing system
• Adapting grasslands to climate change

Germany

• Full time grazing system in East Germany
• Public relations of grassland topics
• Selection gate supports grazing
• Silage pusher with integrated concentrate feeder
• Concentrate feeder made out of a waste container
• Wild life buzzer on mover
• Drive dairy cows with a drone
• Increasing the water level to reduce the emission of greenhouse gas

Ireland

• Closing Off the Farm to Have Grass in the Spring– The Autumn Rotation
• Early Turnout to Grass in the Spring
• Training Farmers in Grassland Measurement
• Implementing grazing infrastructure to grow and utilise more grass
• Reseeding Monocultures to Increase Grass Production
• Building Soil Fertility to Increase Grass Production

Italy

• Grass measurements in compartmented short sward grazing
• Control and prevention of sheep gastrointestinal parasites during grazing
• From grassland management to quality local cheese
• Sod-seeding for grasslands
• Golden rules for a successful grazing management in a mountain environment
• Establishment of legume-based permanent grasslands

The Netherlands

• Compartmented continuous grazing
• Digital Grazing registration system ‘Digiwei’
• The Gate opener
• The hay dryer
• Pasture reader
• Silage pit cover system ‘Agridek’

Poland

• Half-day pasture included in the feed ration with conserved feeds
• Own constructed aerator for grasslands located on the peat-muck soils characterised by low porosity
• Pivot irrigation system on grasslands
• Sowing grasses and legumes a cross
• Slurry tank equipped with a drag hose unit on grasslands
• Renovation of flooded meadows using meadow foxtail grass added to standard seed mixture

Sweden

• Ley production strategy in a dry area
• Cocksfoot as a marker for CTF
• Irrigation and manure are important resources in dry areas
• Maximum grazing use through controlled calving
• Minimal losses when making and extracting silage
• A simple system for rotational grazing for heifers and steers

 

 

 

 

                       

The farm portraits and case studies of the innovative farmers,
participating in the Inno4Grass project in countries:

 

Belgium	France	Germany	Ireland
Italy	The Netherlands	Poland	Sweden

                                                                                                       

Belgium

• Pasture renovation with forage mixtures

• «Marguerite Happy Cow» Differenciated milk cooperative:
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Combining valorisation of Natura 2000 grasslands areas, product processing
  and marketing, improvement of grassland
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Combining barn drying – storage, fast rotational stocking and product processing
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Grass fed beef meat, product processing, short and local marketing chain

• Grass-fed meat and dairy products, products processed and sold in the farm shop
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Combining forage mixture, legume management and animal feeding management
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• From farmer's pitch fork to consumer's table fork
• Mixed farming, beef and sheep meat, product processing, short
  and local marketing chain
• Beef meat, a shop and a restaurant

• Barn Drying
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Organic rotational stocking with white clover, forage self-sufficiency,
  short and local marketing

• Short-grass grazing
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Milking robot and grassland management as a family father

• A coherent system for reducing costs and increasing income
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Grazing system, complex forage mixture and conserved forage for dairy goats
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Combining grazing and automatic milking
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Better price for high quality meat
• Change completely your breeding in a few years
• Combining biodynamic agriculture, forage mixture, legume management
  and product processing

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France

• Holistic change for brighter mouse-free future
• 2 days/plot to better use grass

• Permanent grasslands renovation after intercrops sowing
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Regular cuts of temporary grasslands
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Priority to harvested forage quality and grazed grass
• Intensification respectful of the means of production
• Grazing and economic efficiency in organic production

• Cost reduction thanks to rotational grazing
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• A sustainable and high-performing system on a living soil
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Combining trees and grazed grasslands
  - Farm portrait
  - Video

• A collective hay dryer in barn
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Total autonomy based on grazing and a dryer in barn

• Maximal grazing with automatic milking
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Maximize grazing with diverse and productive grasslands

• Mob-grazing with a large herd
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• 2 milking parlours with only 1 equipment
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• A system focused on autonomy and work conditions

• Cellular grazing in Vosges
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Double the 1^st cut of luzerne thanks to overseeding
• Using herd dogs to increase work efficacity
• Cereal-proteinaceous silage mix substitute corn silage

• Cross breeding for better grazing
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• New species for temporary grassland

• Adapt grasslands to climate change
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Movable fences and mixed grazing sheep – cattle
• Finishing lambs on intercrops

• Techno-grazing all year round
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Transition from continuous grazing to rotational grazing
  on the whole herd in 1 year

• Doubling grass loading with rotating grazing and grassland renovation
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Self-made tool: combine press and bale wrapper
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Eco pastoralism on the edge of the Loire

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Germany

• Grasbased system (No inputs)
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Splitting grazing and cutting areas in two types of grassland
  for more efficiency
• Feeding hay improves animal health

• Reseeding with a sowing machine
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Public relations of grassland topics
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Mobile milking parlour that needs neither electricity nor water

• Increasing the water level for reducing the emmission
  of greenhouse gas
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Use of other breeding lines for grazing on peat soil
• Using silage pit as feeding table

• Individual breeding index
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Drone for grazing-management
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Drag hoses for slurry application
  - Farm portrait
  - Video
• Use of fodder surplus as manure
• Holistic approach for nutrient management

• Site-specific analysis of grassland yields
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Tall fescue on moor-sites
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Automated feeding and TMR mixture
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Hay drying with warm air under the roof
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Farm system: animal welfare and fodder quality
• Holistic approach: high quality seed propagation
  and groundwater protection

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Ireland

• Grass measurement for sheep grazing
• Setting up a new farm for grazing to produce more milk from grass

• Managing two large low input dairy farms
  - Farm portraits
  - Case study
  - Video

• Adopting grazing for suckler cows- new grazing techniques
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Changing to 100% spring calving

• Setting up new grassland dairy farms from long term tillage
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Growing monoculture swards to increase grass DM production
  and grazing utilisation
  - Farm portraits
  - Case study

• Managing multiple grazing farms

• Grazing with monocultures and mixtures #1
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Grazing with monocultures and mixtures #2
• Grazing with monocultures and mixtures #3
• Grazing with monocultures and mixtures #4

• Conversion from beef to dairy
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Increasing grass output through increasing soil fertility
  and improving grazing infrastructure
• Setting up a new grassland farm
• Expanding the farm for grazing

• Measuring grass to manage, utilise and graze more grass
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Grazing wet soil types - adapting strategies

• Grazing monculture swards
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Oversowing clover into existing pastures
• Setting Up a Dairy Farm for Grazing
• Implementing Grazing Infrastructure
  to Grow More Grass on a Sheep Farm

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Italy

• Introduction of durum wheat for double use & new cheese types
• Pasture-based farming system & high quality cheese production
  - Farm portrait
  - Video
• Natural pasture-based production & product marketing
• Breeding of a native sheep breed

• Legume species and management & sheep breed & adaptation of seeder
  to farm soils
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Sod-seeding & use of mixtures & cow crossbreeding
  - Farm portrait
  - Video

• Legume-based temporary grasslands & forage self sufficiency
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Legume-based permanent pastures & grazing managemente & marketing
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Use of organic fertilisers & new cheese types & direct sale & energy self-sufficiency
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Pasture-based farming & sheep breed & new cheese types
• Alfa-Alfa sub-irrigation system

• Pasture rotation
  Sheep genetic selection
  Consociation of legume
  Grasslands regularly renovated each year
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Increase extension of farm
  Rotational stocking
  Setting up B&B actvity
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Substitute temporary grassland area with permanent grassland area
• Summer forage crops

• Short sward grazing (Kurzrasenweide) with dairy cows
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Short sward grazing (Kurzrasenweide) with dairy cows
  and reduction of concentrates
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Short sward grazing (Kurzrasenweide) with dairy cows
  and regional marketing of products
• Grazing management with dairy goats in a mountain environment
  and regional marketing of products
• Grazing management with dairy sheep in a mountain environment
  and regional marketing of products
• Grazing management with suckler cows and regional marketing of beef products
• From grassland management and genetics to beef production
• Grazing management (rotational stocking) combined with mowing:
  “Extensive livestock farming and regional marketing of beef”

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The Netherlands

• Irish grazing system on education farm
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Fertilization for soil improvement
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Organic low-cost farm with own brand
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• AMS and long-distance grazing
• Mineral efficiency

• Intensive grazing system
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Healthy herb-rich grassland
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Mice damage in grassland
• Robotic milking and grazing
• Optimize the utilization

• Digiwei; Bluetooth system measures grazing hours
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Cowshed for hay feeding
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Pasture reader and GPS
• Automatic cow crossover
• Added value with herb-rich grassland

• Organic intensive grazing farm
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Kurzrasen grazing
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Grazing with large herd (500 cows)
• Good grass-management

• Analyse of the grass supply
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

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 Poland

• Half-day pasture included in the feed ration with conserved feeds
  - Farm Portrait
  - Video
• Application of OrCal (organic-mineral) calcium fertilizer on grasslands
  to regulate pH and control wild boars

• Own constructed aerator for grasslands located on the peat-muck soils
  characterised by low porosity
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Feeding system based on pasture sward grazing and high-quality hay
  obtained in special technology based on drying in barn
  - Farm portrait
  - Video

• Herbs introduction in grassland sward, grass fed milk and dairy products
  direct selled from the farm
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Renovation of flooded meadows using meadow foxtail grass
  added to standard seed mixture
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Grassland renovation based on site-specific mixtures,
  specially composed by grassland expert

• Application of irrigation on grasslands due to avoid the water deficit in the soil
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Adjustment of feeding system of beef animals to different type of grasslands
  occurring in the farm
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study

• Feeding system of dairy cows based only on grassland and grass-legume mixtures,
  no maize is cultivated on the farm
• The herb - plantain in grassland sward
• May pasture cheese
  - Farm portrait
  - Video

• Westerwold ryegrass as companion crop in establishment of temporary grasslands
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• The chemical analysis of fresh grass before cutting

• Pivot irrigation system on grasslands
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Sowing grasses and legumes a cross
  - Farm portralit
  - Case study
  - Video

• Short-term and highly productive grass and legume species in permanent grasslands
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Slurry tank equipped with a drag hose unit on grasslands
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Farm system focusing on cows health and welfare
  - Farm portrait
  - Video

• The measurement of dry matter of wilted grass in a microwave
  

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Sweden

• Monitoring the amount and quality of silage in tower silos
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Selling ice-cream adds value to farm-produced milk
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• A simple system for rotational grazing for heifers and steers
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Minimal losses when making and extracting silage
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Local dairy increases the value of milk

• Irrigation and manure are important resources in dry areas
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Species-rich leys with good palatability and composition
  
• Ley production strategy in a dry area

• Maximum grazing use through controlled calving
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Multi-ley harvester for clean silage and less soil compaction
  - Farm portrait
  - Video

• Grazing – valuable for more milk and less costs
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Target setting and monitoring of motivated Staff
• CTF improves clover, grassland yield and profitability

• Handy Excel spreadsheet for inventory, consumption and ley production
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Three cuts of high-quality ley at the Arctic circle
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Grow, use and sell high-quality protein from grassland
• Effective and better ley establishment after winter barley

• Good N use efficiency with separated slurry and drag hoses
  - Farm portrait
  - Case study
  - Video

• Cocksfoot as a marker for CTF
  - Farm portraits
  - Video
  
  
• Large-scale milk production in less favoured areas
  

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 IRELAND

• Europe’s Most Innovative Grassland Farmers Set for Award Ceremony in Germany in June
  See also:
  Tipperary farmers to be honoured with European grassland award

 

BELGIUM

• Europe’s Most Innovative Grassland Farmers Set for Award Ceremony in Germany in June