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R4D-BE-Fl-03 | Belgium Flandern | Machelen Animal Nutrition Animal Well-Being/Welfare Business Management: Improve Stratetic Skills and Build Robust Business Models Dairy Cattle Management Labour Conditions
120
dairy cows
1 100 000
liters /year
Additional Information
From your point of view, why this farm is interesting to be followed in R4D ?
This dairy farmer has succeeded in integrating existing automations into 1 new barn, so that this barn can be considered fully automated. Which automations: 2 robots, feed kitchen with automatic feeding system through a central corridor, manure scraper with manure separator and automatic filling of the deep litter boxes, controlled cow traffic,...
Technical issues involved on this farm
Which automations: 2 robots, feed kitchen with automatic feeding system through a central corridor, manure scraper with manure separator and automatic filling of the deep litter boxes, controlled cow traffic,...
Environment, animal welfare and society friendly production systems
pocket digester, very quiet stable (no moving vehicles), modified light management, more frequent air changes,... and a lot of attention for work-life balance