Practice network OUD

What does the practical network entail?

Study Groups – In four regional study groups, dairy farmers come together at different times to share practical experiences, discuss solutions, and inspire each other. The groups are guided by experienced fellow farmers (ambassadors).

Ambassadors – Four pioneering dairy farmers from different regions serve as the face of the project. They share their knowledge, motivate others, and help you get started with robotic milking and grazing.

Knowledge Sharing – Through online channels, practical examples, and meetings, we widely disseminate the knowledge gained in the sector. This way, you can learn from successful examples and apply the latest insights to your own business.

Meetings & Study Tours – Annually, we organize inspiring meetings and study tours, where you not only gain knowledge but also connect with colleagues facing the same choices as you.

Who is the practical network for?

Dairy farmers who successfully combine robotic milking and grazing and want to share their knowledge.

Dairy farmers with milking robots who want to improve in grazing.

Dairy farmers with milking robots who (yet) do not graze but are interested in it.

Dairy farmers who do not yet milk with robots but are considering it.

Are you curious about how to get the most out of robotic milking and grazing? Join the Practical Network Robot & Grazing and discover how fellow dairy farmers can inspire and help you further!

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For more information? Contact Roos Roeleveld via netwerk@robotweiden.nl

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Learning from the Irish: Dutch robotic milking operators visited pastureland

"If you want the cows to graze in the pasture, you shouldn’t overfeed them in the barn" and "if you want to make good use of the pasture grass on your farm, you should definitely walk around all your fields at least once a week to monitor the grass growth."

These are just a couple of the lessons that dairy farmer Jan Dirk de Wit from Hazerswoude is taking home with him after a visit to Ireland. At the invitation of the ‘Robots and Pastures? A Perfect Match!’ project, he and three colleagues visited Irish farmers who combine robotic milking with day and night grazing.

Share your opinion! What do you think about various registration systems?

Do you milk with a robot and record how many hours your cows spend in the pasture? Then we would love to talk to you!

International exchange on grazing with milking robots

On 10 February, practitioners, scientists and policymakers from eight countries came together in Brussels as part of the Grazing4AgroEcology project. The central question was: how can policymakers better support grazing?

We brought up a familiar bottleneck from the Netherlands: monitoring grazing at robotic farms. The Robot & Grazing factsheet has previously described how this can be a significant obstacle in practice.

Robots & Grazing – Fact sheet compiles insights from national research kopie

Automatic milking and grazing are often seen as a difficult combination. However, new research from the Robot & Weiden? Voor Elkaar! (Robot & Grazing? For Each Other!) project shows that robot milking and grazing do not have to be mutually exclusive, provided that conscious choices are made that suit the entrepreneur and the business.

The research results were presented on 21 January during a national webinar entitled Robot & Weiden? Voor Elkaar! [Robots & Grazing? For Each Other!]. A compact fact sheet summarises these results and is available online.