Farm Innovation Visits Application Form - Improving labour efficiency in calf rearing through innovative feeding and housing systems.

Closed 30 Dec 2022

Opened 12 Dec 2022

Contact

Kenneth Johnston

(FIV Programme Manager)

KT Admin

02894426790

kt.admin@daera.ni.gov.uk

Overview

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is offering dairy  farmers the opportunity to travel to the Northern Germany region to learn about the latest innovative calf housing and feeding systems to help improve labour efficiency.

As part of the visit, the group will be able to see the latest in calf feeding and housing technology. The aim will be to demonstrate the benefits of good housing and feeding systems, in terms of not only labour efficiency, but also calf health and welfare and how these approaches can be used to address agricultural and environmental challenges on a larger more detailed scale than in NI.  The visit will also strive to demonstrate how effective calf housing and feeding systems on NI farms can help to improve their resilience in the future.

The tour will include visits to 4 dairy farms over two days.  It is proposed to fly to Hamburg from Dublin airport on an evening flight. The first day will involve a visit to the Holm & Laue production facility to see how their products are developed and produced. This will include a presentation on their latest in calf feeding technology. This will be followed by a visit to a local dairy farm to see their housing and calf rearing system. The second day will be spent visiting another two - three dairy farms with various innovative calf housing and feeding systems, as well as a presentation and discussion by a calf nutrition company.

This study tour is part of the Farm Innovation Visits Scheme which is being delivered by DAERA’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE). 

The group will leave from Dublin Airport and the tour will take place from 22-24 February 2023.   The tour will be led by CAFRE Dairy Advisers. 

 

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  • All stakeholders

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  • Part-time Study