Trial and Training Centre for Agriculture

Driven by collaboration and expertise, towards a future full of opportunities for livestock farming!

Status: completed projects
The river basin management plans aim to achieve good surface and groundwater quality in order, among other things, to also successfully achieve a number of water-related nature goals in Flanders. The

Independent advice

As an Agricultural Research and Training Centre, we provide independent advice, in consultation with and tailored to farmers. Our hands-on research supports our ability to include the latest innovations in our advice.

Private research

Are you working on an innovative development in livestock farming and looking for research facilities? PVL is happy to think along with you!

PVL's research focus

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Pigs

Individual data collection, both in sows, piglets and fattening pigs is our great strength, together with our flexibility in terms of trial designs, offers a wide range of research possibilities.

Cattle

We have 65 dairy cattle for research and training. The advanced milking robot enables individual feeding and monitoring. The new young cattle shed also offers research opportunities.

Crops

Without the crops, we cannot feed the cattle and pigs. Therefore, we also conduct thorough research on soil, fertilisation, crop protection, water quality, new crops

Visit our knowledge centre

PVL supports farmers and horticulturists with hands-on research for pig and cattle farming. Our centre of expertise has several components:

Get your Driving Licence G now

If you want to get your driving licence G through PVL, you need to take driving lessons. We will then also accompany you to the exam centre.

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Events

Studienamiddag: Geïntegreerde beheersing van knolcyperus

Study afternoon: Integrated control of tuber cyperus

28/03/2025    
12:45 - 17:00
Are you a stakeholder and/or farmer looking for ways to prevent or control tuber cyperus (Cyperus esculentus)? Discover the latest insights during the [...]

Ongoing projects

The countryside is described as 'rural area' or the area where villages, fields, arable land, meadows and nature alternate. What makes the countryside distinctive is the biodiversity that is clearly less present in urbanised areas...

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