Innovative Forage Systems and Milk Production Sustainability

Innovative forage systems and milk production sustainability

Newsletter n. 26 – December 2020

The activity of the project LIFE+ Forage4Climate, whose aim is to deal with climate change and climate Forage systems for mitigation techniques applied to dairy farms forage systems, is al-most over. less GHG emission Considering the restrictions imposed by the current health situation, the demonstration activities will and more soil carbon be carried out via webinars: custom-made videos will show what is being done on the farms and the sink in continental webinar will be attended by the farmers themselves and the project team, so as to guarantee and Mediterranean interactivity with remote participants. agricultural areas “Virtual visits” are created from the webinar materials. Said visits can be found on the website of the project. (http://forage4climate.crpa.it/). A demo day is scheduled on 21 December at Azienda agricola Carale located in Austis (Madrolisai territory) in the province of Nuoro (Sardinia). The farm has about 190 Sarda sheep producing milk which is used by a dairy company in the province forage4climate.crpa.it [email protected] of Cagliari (Central – Centro Trasformazione Latte s.r.l.) whose business is the processing of milk for the production of PDO cheeses such as Pecorino Romano, Pecorino Sardo and ricotta. The mitigation techniques used by the farm aim to increase the production efficiency through the improvement of fertility and productivity of adult sheep. Virtual demonstration day 21 December 2020 - at 19.00-20.30 Azienda Agricola Carale - Austis (Nuoro - Sardinia) Forage4Climate contributes to the application of the Decision no. 529/2013 / EU on accounting green-house Programme gas emissions and removals resulting from land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF). The targets are 19.00 – Opening session the forage systems of European climate areas - 19:00 Project LIFE+ Forage4Climate, by CRPA spa continental for cow's milk and Mediterranean for 19:05 Presentation of Azienda Agricola Carale actions for sheep and goat's milk. fertility improvement and climate mitigation, by Bruno Fadda and Mondina Lunesu

19:15 Insemination and feeding techniques, by Antonello Cannas

19:25 Protocol SEMENTUSA on Azienda Agricola Carale, by Antonio Spezzigu

19:40 Climate and technical results of the action carried out on Azienda Agricola Carale, by Mondina Lunesu

19:50 Environmental and economical implications of mitigation techniques, by Alberto Atzori

The partecipants may ask questions via chat, which will be answered at the end of the presentation. Available places: 140. The link to the event will be sent on the day of the event within 12:00. Free admittance upon registration.

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