About Dairyman

Dairyman aims to strengthen rural communities in the regions of North West Europe (NWE) where dairy farming is a main economic activity and a vital form of land use. Dairyman will lead to a more competitive dairy sector, stronger regional economies and an improved ecological performance with the rural area. Dairyman is a project in the INTERREG IVB program co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund. In Dairyman 14 partners in 10 NWE regions covering 7 countries are cooperating.
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Events

6th General Meeting

Thursday, 19 April 2012

7th General Meeting

Thursday, 20 September 2012

News

Students learn importance of young stock management

Monday, 5 December 2011

To make agricultural students aware of the importance of young stock management, the teachers of the Lycée Technique Agricole visited the Dairyman pilot farm Leider for a practice lesson. The students measured the heart girth perimeters of all young stock and established growth curves of the herd by converting perimeter (cm) into body weight (kg). After analyzing the results they discovered a problem of daily body weight gain during early...

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