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Long term farm study of organic milk production — moderate concentrate inputs and high milk yields on Tingvoll farm

Strøm, T. and Ebbesvik, M. (2013) Long term farm study of organic milk production — moderate concentrate inputs and high milk yields on Tingvoll farm. In: Løes, Anne-Kristin; Askegaard, Margrethe; Langer, Vibeke; Partanen, Kirsi; Pehme, Sirli; Rasmussen, Ilse A.; Salomon, Eva; Sørensen, Peter; Ullvén, Karin and Wivstad, Maria (Eds.) Organic farming systems as a driver for change, NJF Report, no. 9 (3), pp. 131-132.

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Long term studies of organic milk production on a Norwegian organic farm (Tingvoll farm) show that it is possible to achieve high milk yields with moderate concentrate inputs in organic milk production with Norwegian Red Cattle. The milk yields at Tingvoll farm were generally higher, and the concentrate input lower than the average of all Norwegian dairy farms. Average annual milk yields, as well as annual concentrate consumption per cow increased during the study period both for organic and conventional dairy production in Norway. The results from Tingvoll farm may inspire conventional dairy farmers to convert, since the differences to organic production are not necessarily too large. Alternatively, they may be inspired to reduce their concentrate inputs.


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Paper
Agrovoc keywords:
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URI
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Milk production
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4829
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Dairy cattle
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2108
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Concentrates
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1800
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Milk yield
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15998
Subjects: Animal husbandry > Production systems > Dairy cattle
Animal husbandry > Feeding and growth
Research affiliation: International Conferences > 2013: NJF Seminar 461 - Organic farming systems as a driver for change
ISSN:1653-2015
Deposited By: Sørensen, Peter
ID Code:24585
Deposited On:06 Nov 2013 21:44
Last Modified:06 Nov 2013 21:44
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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