3rd Swiss Organic Livestock Day on May 4th - Landquart, Switzerland

The next Organic Livestock Day will take place on May 4, 2023 in Landquart in Switzerland and on two neighboring organic farms: The latest results from organic animal research with the focus topics of beef cattle, small ruminants, poultry, horses and bees will be presented, as well as practice-related methods such as farmyard manure management, rotational crossbreeding or brother cock rearing.

After the last Organic Livestock Day was held online due to the pandemic, organic farmers, advisors and researchers can meet again in 2023 in a face-to-face exchange. The canton of Graubünden, as the largest organic canton in Switzerland, is represented by Plantahof and hosts the event together with Bio Suisse and FiBL.

Theme posts at location Plantahof

  • Resource and protein efficiency in dairy cattle
  • The new monetary breeding value
  • Herd management and drought management in natural forage production
  • Parasite management in small ruminants
  • Herd management with homeopathy and herbal medicine
  • Artificial meadow mixture with herbal additives
  • Practical bee promotion on the organic farm
  • Forum: Ruminant feeding - challenges of the new feeding guidelines

Theme posts at location Rütihof

  • Mother- and suckler-bound calf rearing in milk production
  • Good farmyard manure - A contribution to soil and climate
  • Active stable for horses - a showcase example
  • Full pasture and milking robot

Theme posts at location organic farm Campania

  • Dual-purpose chicken and brother cock in comparison
  • Minimizing plumage damage in laying hens
  • Pasture fattening - the optimal slaughter animal in the appropriate sales channel
  • Remounting: With a targeted offspring strategy to the suitable suckler cow

Further information

  • A shuttle runs between the farms.
  • There is one guided group each with a translation in French and Italian.

Links

bioviehtag.org: Event website


News
https://organic-farmknowledge.org/news-events/news/detail/3rd-swiss-organic-livestock-day-on-may-4th-landquart-switzerland