Dairy seminar at EAAP Belfast Congress; Monday 29th of August 2016
The seminar is organized in cooperation with: ISM+Project and EURO-DAIRY project and ADSA. The title of the seminar is: Creating an enduring dairy sector (post quota): analysis of developments, strategies and challenges.
The seminar is focused on the entrepreneurship and strategies of the dairy sector. The program contains, among others, presentations of the country studies related to developments, strategies and challenges for dairy sector in Lithuania, Austria, Slovenia, Poland, The Netherlands, France, UK, Germany Italy and Ireland.
The congress web: http://www.eaap2016.org/
Creating an enduring dairy sector (post quota): analysis of developments, strategies and challenges
Morning program – Country studies: Chairman: James Campbell, chairman AgriSearch Northern Ireland / Marija Klopčič, president Cattle Cie. EAAP
- Developments, strategies and challenges for UK dairy sector – Gwyn Jones, representative of UK cattle sector.
- Developments, strategies and challenges for France dairy sector – Valerie Brocard, Institute d’Elevage, France.
- Developments, strategies and challenges for Netherlands’ dairy sector – Annie de Veer, Livestock Research WUR.
- Dairy chain stakeholders’ analysis in Lithuania, Austria, Slovenia, Poland, Lithuania and The Netherlands – Marija Klopčič, University of Ljubljana.
- Developments, strategies and challenges for Polish dairy sector – Agata Malak-Rawlikowska, Department of Economics, SGGW -Warsaw University of Life Sciences.
- An analysis of new entrants into the Irish dairy sector during last years with quota – Roberta McDonald, Irish dairy cooperative (PhD thesis Teagasc).
- Developments, strategies and challenges for German dairy sector, Tomke Lindena, Thuenen Institute of Farm Management, Germany.
- Developments, strategies and challenges for Italian dairy sector, Alberto Menghi, Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali – CRPA, Italy.
- Policy outlook on dairy sector, David Dobbin, chief executive Northern Ireland Dairy Co-operative / Processor United Dairy Farmers; chair of DairyUK; member EU Agri Markets Taskforce.
Afternoon program – Science fields:
Chairman: Ray Keatinge, director Research Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board UK; Al Kertz, vice-president ADSA
- Challenges, new developments, techniques and programs in dairy cattle nutrition – Gert van Duinkerken, Livestock Research WUR, The Netherlands.
- Challenges, new developments, techniques and programs in cow herd health – Herman Barkema, University of Calgary, Canada.
- Is dairy crossbreeding a profitable way for Holstein farms? – Dezetter, INRA, France
- Challenges and new developments concerning nutrient use efficiency, with focus on manure management practices and land use – Debbie McConnell, Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB Dairy), UK.
- The importance of dilution and reduction of maintenance in evaluating protocols for reducing environmental impact and natural resource utilization – Roger Cady, Elanco, USA
- Economic and environmental consequences of milk quota abolition in the Netherlands – E. van Middelaar, WUR, Netherlands.
- Outlook on dairy market, handling of volatility in prices, and farm economic performance on basis of case studies in Ireland – Trevor Donnellan, Teagasc Economic Department, Ireland.
