TransformDairyNet (TDN) Newsletter #3 – April 2026
Advancing cow–calf contact systems through collaboration, innovation, and knowledge sharing across Europe; The newsletter highlights TDN’s ongoing work to promote cow–calf contact (CCC) in dairy farming, including upcoming events (EKIN 2026), successful webinars with strong participation, and new practical initiatives like Living Labs in different countries. It shares farmer experiences, research updates, and new tools/resources, all aimed at improving sustainability, animal welfare, and knowledge exchange in the European dairy sector
Detail description
The April 2026 TransformDairyNet (TDN) newsletter highlights ongoing efforts to promote cow–calf contact (CCC) systems in dairy farming across Europe. It announces the upcoming EKIN meeting in Bucharest and reports strong engagement in TDN webinars, with over 550 participants.
The newsletter showcases project activities and innovations, including:
Participation in EU-level meetings to improve knowledge sharing with farmers
National updates, such as Denmark’s farm visit and the launch of a Greek Living Lab testing CCC in practice
New farmer stories and practice abstracts sharing real-world experiences and solutions
It also features insights from ethical dairy farming practitioners, promotes collaboration through a new TDN logo, and introduces recent project reports and tools to support adoption of CCC systems
Contribution detail info
- Project
TransformDairyNet
TransformDairyNet: Working together to upscale Cow-Calf-Contact dairy production and beyond
- Location
- Europe
- Authors
- FVE
- Purpose
- Connect with relevant networks
- File type
- document
- Created on
- Apr 22, 2026
- Origin language
- English
- Official project website
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- License
- Other
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