Water

Measuring smart is knowing: monitoring water consumption in pig farming

As part of the WAVE project, we are launching an innovative Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) technique in one of our fattening pig units. What are we doing? We measure the pigs' drinking water consumption at pen level using three different water meters. This allows us to closely monitor and analyse consumption Why? Monitoring drinking water consumption helps [...]

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Water consumption in animal husbandry

News, Pigs, Water / Lore Luys

In the 'WAVE' project, several Flemish knowledge and practice centres are joining forces to collect representative figures on water consumption in livestock farming and derive knowledge and applications for livestock farmers. This is because concrete figures are lacking and in order to cope with periods of water scarcity in the future, where

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Use of green cover for an integrated approach to water quality

222 Comments / News, Crops, Water / Lore Luys

Over the past three decades, farmers, including from a policy perspective, have already implemented many interventions that have improved water quality, although this improvement has stagnated over the past 10 years. On sandy soils, a decrease in organic matter content is also observed. Boosting this again will have a positive impact on soil quality, the water retention capacity of

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Water quality remains a difficult story

51 Comments / Water / support@creativitijd.be

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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Working group meeting on water management Siberia

50 Comments / News, Event, Water / Lore Luys

Target audience: farmers who own or manage plots of land in the Siberia area (Peer). Location: 't Poorthuis, Zuidervest 2A, 3990 Peer Wednesday 17July 2024 20h00 - 22h30 Please confirm your attendance or that of your deputy by mail (leen.gruyters@boerennatuur.be) or by phone/text message (0476 46 21 57). Agenda items Weirs by Watering De Dommelvallei: now

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Working group meeting water manager Buitenheide

46 Comments / Water, News / Lore Luys

Target audience: farmers who own or manage plots of land in the Buitenheide area. Practical Location: Michielshof (upper room 206), Michielsplein 3, 3930 Hamont-Achel Wednesday 10 July 2024 14h00 - 17h00 Drinks and flan will be provided during the consultation Please confirm your attendance or that of your deputy by email (leen.gruyters@boerennatuur.be)

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As a farmer, how can I easily monitor water levels and manage weirs or level-controlled drainage accordingly?

50 Comments / Water, Event, News / Lore Luys

With the Op-Peil and Digistuw projects, we want to investigate how weirs and level-controlled drainage affect the water table in agricultural plots. To this end, we have placed measuring sensors in and around plots belonging to several participating farmers in Bocholt. These sensors are connected to a digital measuring platform that the farmers can read directly. We would like to show you this measuring platform

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Demonstration afternoon Erf- en Silosappen

Leave a Comment / Water, Opinion, Cattle / Lore Luys

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 in the context of water quality, including reducing diffuse losses from agricultural plots. However, at the level of yard and silos, further steps can be taken to improve water quality

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