The trend is towards bigger and fewer farms. This results in bigger herds and more employees, many of whom are from abroad. By using the LEAN tools, the Danish dairy farmers create a culture which inspires the employees to organize their work better. The SOP tools are work instructions which may be posted in [...]
Both Danish and EU legislature requires a transition to loose sow systems. In the pork industry, the goal is that 10 percent of all farrowing sows are loose by 2020. Over the past 5 years, the SWAP pen has been developed to help the farmers meet the legislative demand for loose sows in the farrowing pen [...]
The challenge for many arable farmers in Denmark is to achieve a financially viable production in the field and still comply with EU regulation with regard to the emission of nitrate and phosphorous. Mini wetlands have proven to be instrumental in securing this. The environmental legislation in Denmark is restrictive with regard to the [...]
The authorities supervise Danish farmers closely. The Chemical Control app was developed to help the farmers keep track of their stock of pesticides, thus helping Danish farmers avoid reduced subsidies and fines for the storage and use of illegal pesticides. “The Chemical Control app puts my mind at rest. I can check the legality [...]
What is the role of the farmer, the support service and communication in the innovation process? What triggers innovation? And what did the nine Dutch cases not tell the AgriSpin partners about the innovation process? The pearls and puzzles from the Dutch Cross Visit presented insights and posed relevant questions. Positive and Interesting Pearls The [...]
With the scientific team finalizing the ”Typology of innovation support services” AgriSpin is one step closer to recommending policies for Innovation Support Services. On the basis of the typologies presented in this latest report by the scientific team, the AgriSpin project will be able to better characterize the existing types of Innovation Support Services [...]
Since September 2015, 57 innovation cases have been visited and analysed at 12 Cross Visits across Europe. The new synthesis report documents these cases and serves, to the curious mind, as a catalogue of all the cases examined in the AgriSpin project. Out of a total of 88 innovation cases, 57 cases were selected for [...]
MS Schippers is an innovator for the intensive livestock sector. It is family run and its saying is: Passion for Farming. For 50 years, the company has provided and supplied farmers with services, machinery, systems, and advice. The Innovation Process MS Schippers continuously develops products and services that allow the farmers to manage their farms [...]
Organic farm ‘t Schop is a beef farm, orchard, vegetable garden and a selling point for local farm produce. Also, it has a kitchen where groups of people can cook together while being supported by Master Chefs. And the “barn” is used to accommodate meetings. The farm is a prime example of social innovation. Story [...]
Professionalised breeding, grass management and novel farm succession arrangements make for more cost-effective as well as sustainable farming in Ireland. The partners of AgriSpin are invited to witness how three Irish farmers have innovated in order to improve their competitiveness. Economic Breeding Index (EBI) Using an Economic Breeding Index (EBI) is a new way for [...]
