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Nitrogen-reducing project from Limburg receives innovation support from Boerenbond

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The need for new, innovative techniques to reduce nitrogen emissions in agriculture is great. However, the number of new techniques being put into practice and recognised is limited and Boerenbond wants to change this. Following a call for projects, Farmers' Union selected six innovative projects, including the sensor measurement system and feed trials [...].

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Water quality remains a difficult story

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The quality of our surface water has improved significantly over the past 30 years, but in recent years this progress has stagnated. In winter year 2022-2023, 25% of monitoring sites exceeded the threshold of 50 mg nitrate per litre at least once, an increase of 3% from the previous year. These figures underline the challenges

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Erf & silo juices

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What are farmyard sap? Inheritance sap is a collective term for sap streams generated by activities on the farmyard, such as silo sap released from the storage of maize or other (feed) crops, milk rinse water, but also rainwater runoff from the silage slab or from the farmyard containing feed and/or manure residues. Even in small quantities, these can have a major impact

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PigID

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Photo electronic ear tag "More efficient management of the pig farm via individual monitoring of sows and fattening pigs" The aim of the PigID project is better management of the pig farm by identifying opportunities through traceability of various data from birth to slaughter. This through the placement of electronic ear tags (transponders). Current situation Today's pig farmer needs

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Drip irrigation - Smart irrigation techniques in maize in northern Limburg

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Need for irrigation In recent years, farmers are increasingly facing extreme weather conditions. During the growing season, we usually experience this in the form of prolonged drought. In northern Limburg, where we also encounter a lot of sandy soil, irrigation is therefore sometimes necessary to achieve an acceptable yield and quality of forage. This is often done using

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Soil operations to avoid spring drought.

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The impact of tillage on soil moisture losses 2024 will be noted as a year with a very wet winter and a late-starting spring. It is still unclear if and when the weather will turn around but the past few years have given us the opportunity to examine how soil tillage practices affect the

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A sustainable perspective: project Hemp2Comp.

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At a time when climate change can no longer be ignored, we, together with our partners, are putting our weight behind the Hemp2Comp (Hemp to composites) project, which aims at the transition to a circular and sustainable economy, focusing on hemp fibre. A promising raw material in the 'fibre' category. The power of Hemp fibre Hemp, a

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The advance of tubercyperus

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Tuberous cyperus... A weed term that makes a lot of farmers' hair stand on end. Both in Flanders and the Netherlands, this invasive exotic species is increasingly causing problems. For more info on tuber cyperus, visit WIkipedia. Origin and emergence In the north of Belgian Limburg, this weed was first observed in the late 1970s.

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Grass@vies

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Are you an interested beef farmer and want to take a close look at and improve your grass-clover management? Then contact us!

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To improve the water quality of our streams and rivers, efforts are being made on many fronts. The agriculture sector has already made many efforts, including reducing diffuse losses from agricultural plots. All these efforts can be undone by unwanted point pollution. Erf and silo effluents are one example. Want help to reduce that impact

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