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      Reduction of first calving age to 23–25 months boosts lifetime yield and profitability

      document
      Jun 30, 2024
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      Resilience For Dairy
      SL - Marija Klopcic+ 2
      • first calving age
      • heifer growth
      • dairy heifer management
      • sustainable dairy farming
      • controlled growth
      • feed efficiency
      • animal welfare
      • environmental impact
      • chest circumference measurement
      • weight monitoring

      Measuring Youngstock for Optimal Breeding

      video
      Jun 30, 2024
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      Resilience For Dairy
      Patrick Meulemeester
      • youngstock
      • chest girth measurement
      • first insemination
      • growth monitoring
      • Inagro Young Stock Tool
      • heifer management
      • dairy farming
      • weight tracking
      • optimal breeding time
      • growth curves

      Rearing of Female Calves by Foster Cows in Dairy Production: Summary of 10 Years of Experimentation at the INRAE-ASTER Unit

      document
      Jun 01, 2026
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      Innovations agronomiques
      Laurent BRUNET ; Florence HELLEC ; Amandine DURPOIX ; Nadège AIGUEPERSE ; Xavier BOIVIN ; Thomas PUECH1
      • Foster cow rearing
      • Dairy heifer growth
      • Calf-human taming protocol
      • organic agriculture
      • animal behavior
      • animal welfare
      • animal health

      Reducing age at first calving in dairy heifers

      document
      Dec 31, 2024
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      Climate Neutral Farms
      Pauline Lambert (IDELE)
      • dairy farming
      • heifer management
      • first calving
      • reproductive management
      • feed efficiency
      • methane emissions
      • herd management
      • forage efficiency
      • climate-smart livestock
      • dairy sustainability

      Good practices for calf rearing to produce high-productive dairy heifers

      document
      Jun 30, 2024
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      Resilience For Dairy
      Jason Rankin
      • calf rearing
      • heifer management
      • colostrum feeding
      • biosecurity
      • vaccination
      • housing
      • nutrition
      • rumen development
      • PPTV
      • calf health

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      Good practices for calf rearing to ensure high-productive dairy heifers

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      Jun 30, 2024
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      Resilience For Dairy
      Jason Rankin
      • calf rearing
      • biosecurity
      • colostrum management
      • calf housing
      • nutrition
      • vaccination
      • welfare
      • rearing practices
      • dry cow management
      • herd productivity
      • Foster calves on pasture using milk waste from calving cows

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        Jun 30, 2025
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        European Network to promote grazing and to support grazing-based farms on their economic and ecologic performances as well as on animal welfare
        Linda af Geijersstam, Svenska Vallföreningen
        • dairy cows
        • calf rearing
        • pasture grazing
        • organic farming
        • milk waste
        • worm control
        • herd management
        • calf development
        • sustainable grazing
        • foster cows

        Grazing, once-a-day milking, and nurse cow rearing in organic dairy farming

        document
        Dec 30, 2019
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        Shared Innovation Space for Sustainable Productivity of Grasslands in Europe
        Chambres d'agriculture (APCA)
        • grazing efficiency
        • organic farming
        • grassland management
        • job satisfaction
        • nurse cows
        • rotational grazing
        • grass-based dairy
        • sustainable farming
        • calf rearing
        • cross-breeding

        Spring block calving in pasture-based dairy systems

        document
        Jun 30, 2025
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        European Network to promote grazing and to support grazing-based farms on their economic and ecologic performances as well as on animal welfare
        Chambre d'Agriculture, Bretagne
        • grass growth
        • environmental benefits
        • economic analysis
        • grazing efficiency
        • grazing period
        • self-sufficiency
        • pasture dairy system
        • grassland management
        • EU funding
        • reproductive performance
        • Seasonal calving for optimal grass utilisation

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          Jun 30, 2025
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          European Network to promote grazing and to support grazing-based farms on their economic and ecologic performances as well as on animal welfare
          AERES
          • organic dairy farming
          • seasonal calving
          • grassland management
          • grazing rotation
          • milk production efficiency
          • pasture utilization
          • dairy cow nutrition
          • self-sufficiency
          • Friesian-Jersey-Holstein crossbreds
          • dry matter intake
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