PVL's projects
In recent years, there has already been a particularly strong focus on increasing soil carbon content to improve sponge function and the associated physico-chemical aspect namely the clay-humus complex. When the focus is combined with the biological in addition to the physical and chemical, we speak of regenerative agriculture concepts. Today, [...]
Balanced soil as the basis for good plant growth Read More »
The project aims to develop a local biomass recycling system by bringing together green and brown organic material from nature and landscape management to valorise them through farm composting and processing in fields. With this project, we want to focus specifically on the challenge of how to get the right and sufficient material at appropriate times to
Pig farming is facing a period of major climate challenges. Besides the climate objectives from governments and the market, the sector itself is also facing the consequences of climate change. In the VLAIO-LA trajectory KLIMREK, a climate trajectory for the pig sector was worked out -as the last one- that has not yet been sufficiently applied and not at all
Demo Climbing Rack Pigs Read More »
Agricultural figures show that maize occupies the largest area of all agricultural crops in Limburg. In addition, especially in the north of our province, a lot of irrigation water goes to this crop during dry periods. Consequently, making maize less sensitive to drought and heat will greatly reduce the demand for water during these periods. As a farmer can
Corn without thirst Read More »
Maize and grass form the basis of dairy cattle rations. It is therefore logical that these are the two main crops on a dairy farm. Despite thorough practical knowledge about the benefits of crop rotation at the practice centres, guiding legislation (3rd crop) and sensitisation (including demo project 2019-06 J-principle of crop rotation in maize), many dairy farmers remained
Crop rotation for a robust dairy farm Read More »
This innovative project addresses climate change and the transition to a circular, sustainable economy. The focus is on hemp fibre as a promising raw material in the 'fibre' category. Hemp, a crop with minimal environmental impact, is not only used for non-food purposes, but also offers solutions to environmental problems such as PFAS/PFOS pollution. The project aims to embed
PigID – Info over het project Varkenshouders staan vandaag de dag voor heel wat uitdagingen: lage marges, stijgende kosten, strengere regels rond milieu en antibioticagebruik én hogere verwachtingen van consumenten en afnemers. Een data-gedreven aanpak, meer focus op het individuele dier en traceerbaarheid kunnen helpen om hiermee om te gaan. Het PigID-project, een samenwerking tussen
The drought of recent years has caused great damage to agriculture. Climate models indicate that such periods of drought will become more frequent and more extreme in the future. Increasing (natural) water availability is important to make agriculture more resilient to drought. Placing weirs on parcel ditches has been used in many
Digistuw: Digital platform for aligned management of weirs and field ditches Read More »
Flemish and Dutch agriculture is facing several challenges, including declining profitability, growing farm size and high environmental pressure. In addition, a data revolution is taking place internationally towards smarter agriculture where data is generated via sensors in the soil, on the crop, on drones, etc. This data is then processed with algorithms and are exchangeable via
The river basin management plans aim for good surface and groundwater quality in order, among other things, to also successfully achieve a number of water-related nature goals in Flanders. The improvement of water quality in the agricultural area has stagnated in recent years. It is therefore important to continue to focus on quality improvement. The exceptional weather conditions have undoubtedly played a role
BESS: Business Advice Erf- en SiloSaps Read More »