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Musical pigs: adding value by stimulating desired animal behaviour through music

In addition to pig farmers and society at large, consumers, processors and retailers have increasingly focused on animal welfare in recent years. This includes not only focusing on removing negative experiences, but also adding positive ones such as having music played in the stall. A pioneer in this field started

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Structural approach to specific bottlenecks towards good water quality

Het nieuwe mestactieplan (MAP 6) heeft verschillende nieuwe maatregelen genomen om de kwaliteit van het oppervlaktewater in Vlaanderen te verbeteren. De Europese doelstelling bepaalt dat het oppervlakte water op 95% van alle meetpunten minder dan 50 mg Nitraat per L mag bevatten. In MAP 6 heeft Vlaanderen die richtlijn een andere invulling gegeven door te

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Eco² added value through precision demonstration

The agricultural sector has historically been a fairly traditional one. Increasingly stringent operating conditions and the ever louder calls for greater sustainability, both economic and environmental, are creating opportunities for (technological) innovation. Specifically, Smart Farming (or precision farming) will support the farm manager in strategic decisions at farm level, but also at individual planting and

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"Optimal weaning management" helps you on your way to better health status

The period around weaning is a difficult, critical phase for piglets. On many farms, we then see problems with weaning diarrhoea or other health problems. Often, this also results in poor technical performance. Currently, antibiotics are still often used to prevent these problems, but this should be phased out. On the

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Circular carbon accumulation for better soil

The organic matter content of Flemish agricultural soils shows a clearly declining trend. This is not only negative for soil quality and the associated yield guarantee into the future. It also shows that the agricultural sector is engaging in carbon degradation on its intensively cultivated soils. In times of increasing social interest in climate issues, this is not the signal

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Mesurol-free maize

Seed fumigations are under pressure in several crops, including maize. The curtain already fell on Sonido and the use of Mesurol is on the wane. European re-registration is leading to fewer available resources. Common maize cultivation may look different in the future as the known protection against bird droppings, zipper needles

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