During the 7th Steering Comittee, the Life Green Sheep team visited the NEIKER experimental farm and discovered diverse and innovative practices, including: Regenerative Grazing: Implementation of planned rotational practices to enhance soil health and fertility, grass production and carbon sequestration....
The European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP) organises its 75th annual meeting in Florence, Italy, next September which general topic is “Global quality: environment, animals, food”. Different sessions will be organized and jointly organized between the eleven EAAP Study Commissions...
Sheep farming and more widely ruminant livestock grazing mountain pastures are providers of many services. That was the theme of the LifeGreenSheep speech by project leader Sindy Throude at regional EAAP Clermont-Ferrand. She presented the results on biodiversity and...
Ireland is nearly 400% self-sufficient in sheep meat production, and more than 80% of sheep meat produced is exported. Sheep farming contributes to economic, environmental and social sustainability in rural areas where land usage options are limited. Globaly sheep...
Sheep farm open day, organised by Teagasc, took place on the 30 May 2024 on Shane Moore’s farm near Athleague, Co. Roscommon. Approximately 90 people, mostly farmers, attended this event. The topics presented during open day included: farm details...
During the 7th Steering Comittee, the LIFE Green Sheep team had the chance to discover a typical cheese farm from the Basque Country. Iker is a young breeder (22 years-old) and cheese maker, who continues the activity from his...
Vitoria-Gasteiz, April 17, 2024. In this 3rd year of the project, the 7th Steering Committee took place in Spain, in the facilities of Neiker, the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country). The opportunity for...
A diversity of systems To date, 90% of the environmental assessments of the demonstrative farms has been carried out by the different project partner countries. The data base includes 373 dairy farms, mainly with semi-extensive rearing systems, and 846...
Alessandro Mazzette is the director of the Consorzio per la Tutela dell’Agnello di Sardegna IGP (CONTAS) since 2017. He is graduated and with a PhD in Agricultural Science and Technology. He’s involved in Life Green Sheep project and tell...
Ahead of the Provinlait Show which took place in Requista on April 24 and 25, the Life GreenSheep project offered a visit to an innovative breeding facility, located nearby, on Tuesday April 23, in partnership with the UNOTEC cooperative...