How to combine efficiency and pleasure in your work on a dairy farm
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
In December 2011 the Flemish pilot farmers discussed the aspect of labour on the dairy farm. The size of the farms, the number of cows and the resulting workload keeps increasing, while labour in Flanders is still very much family oriented. Our pilot farmers are, like many others, interested in sustainable growth, and are looking to increase production to ensure a good livelihood, but without increasing labour demand, as this is often already quite high. Jelle Zijlstra (Wageningen UR Livestock Research) was invited as an expert to assist the Flemish dairy farmers on their way to a more efficient labour organisation.
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