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Fit for climate change - Breeding strategies for location-adapted dairy farming in Baden-Württemberg
Project
Project code: EIP-Agri-2021-BW-THKW
Contract period: 01.01.2021
- 31.12.2023
Budget: 944,009 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: animal husbandry, climate change
Dairy farming is an important economic factor in Baden-Württemberg and helps to shape the diverse landscape. Innovative peasant breeding programs support the further development of the most important breeds: Fleckvieh, Brown Swiss and Holstein. Breeding for robustness and resilience promotes the adaptability and stability of cattle to the consequences of climate change. Breeding for life efficiency optimizes the ratio of input to output in the entire production chain from calf to cow or beef cattle and contributes to climate protection. An improved fattening performance of the calves from dairy farming and a higher life effectiveness of the dairy cows increase the efficiency of the process, which is more climate-friendly. The increasing digitization in the farms enables the construction of an infrastructure for the collection, storage and Processing of daily and therefore continuously accumulating data from the farms. Interactions between the animals and their environment are precisely recorded and the optimal genotypes under Baden-Württemberg conditions are determined.
Section overview
Subjects
- Animal Husbandry
- Climate Change
