Animal husbandry

Good Practice - Project | 24 Jun 2021

Improving animal welfare on an Italian buffalo farm

Animal welfare support enabled a farmer to improve the living conditions of his buffalo herd and at the same time improve the quality and quantity of milk produced.

Good Practice - Project | 24 Jun 2021

Protecting the Hungarian Coldblood horse breed

Using the Agri-environment-climate Measure to support the preservation of the Hungarian Coldblood horse breed.

Good Practice - Project | 01 Apr 2021

Slaughtering and processing on farm to obtain high quality organic lamb meat

Setting up a slaughterhouse on-site helped the beneficiary and other nearby organic lamb breeders to increase their profitability through direct marketing.

Good Practice - Project | 01 Apr 2021

Hay meat and milk

A European Innovation Partnership (EIP) Operational Group was set up to ensure the viability and continuation of the traditional farming method for hay fed milk and meat production. 

Good Practice - Project | 30 Mar 2021

Establishing a small cheese production plant on Hrčava Farm

A cheese-making facility was set up on the border between the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia to increase the attractiveness of the area, market local products and create new jobs for the local population.

Good Practice - Project | 05 Jan 2021

Supporting Ireland’s Rare Breeds

Offering support to maintain and possibly increase populations of specific rare breeds under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 of Ireland.  

Good Practice - Project | 04 Jan 2021

MAVAS - Biosensor development for the detection of mastitis

An EIP-AGRI Operational Group is developing a biosensor that will quickly identify mastitis infections in dairy cows and thus improve the efficiency of the sector. 

Good Practice - Project | 04 Jan 2021

Michaela Hlubková - a dairy farm start-up

A young female farmer used RDP support to develop her goat dairy farm into a dairy and become a major supplier of dairy products domestically and abroad.