Kāds bija risinājums/problēma?

With trends in biodiversity heading the wrong way and agriculture being one of the causing factors, a group of dairy farmers wanted to explore the options available to them to reverse this decline, with particular attention to insects. This had to fit in to the current farming practices without making systemic changes. The level of biodiversity in dungpads on the fields of dairy farms in Ireland was relatively unknow. Tāpēc, we decided to do a baseline survey on a number of farms in the group spread across the county.

Dosing animals for stomach worms has been shown to damage insect populations and we surmised this to be especially true for populations interacting with dung pads. Therefore we also wanted to reduce the level of dosing on farm to promote insect populations while maintaining or improving animal health outcomes.

These challenges could not be solved by the group alone, additional expertise was needed to ensure a positive outcome.

Kā jūs atrisinājāt problēmu?

Briefly the group:

Weighted calves at turn out to grass and weighted every calf every 6 weeks to ensure that they were reaching their target weight helping inform dosing strategy.

Took faecal samples every month for each group of calves and sent them to

Kas ir novatorisks jūsu praktiskajā gadījumā?

Having done all this we came up with a dosing planner for our calves so that all members of the group could be confident that animal health wasn’t compromised while also promoting biodiversity.

We also launched a website making this dosing planner availa

Kādi ir veiksmes faktori problēmas risināšanā?

Built a framework for how to educate farmers on the importance of biodiversity and its relationship with animal health

Successfully developed a practical Dosing planner for young stock to improve health and biodiversity outcomes

Created the first baseline

Gūtās mācības

If starting a project like this again I would allow a longer lead in period to get expertise/administration etc. organised.

Kāda loma ir konsultantam vai konsultatīvajam dienestam ar praktisko lietu?

Implemented the project. Facilitated the training days, managed the administration and oversight of the project.

Vai jūsu pieeja var tikt pārnesta un/vai pielāgota citiem jauninājumu izaicinājumiem un reģioniem?

Jā

Paredzamā nododamība mērogā no 1 Ļoti svarīga būs arī Štīrijas Lauksaimniecības kameras loma pēc projekta beigām, lai rezultātus izplatītu pēc iespējas plašāk 5

(kur 1 ir viegli un 5 ļoti grūti)

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Lorcan Dooley

lorcan.dooley@teagasc.ie

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