The seasonal workload combined with increased dairy herd sizes and a declining workforce
have created social sustainability challenges for pasture-based dairy farms. Effective work …

All over the world, farmers have to face up to increasing uncertainties (market and climate).
They have to adapt their activity to the new contexts and challenges of livestock farming …

In temperate regions of Europe where grass grows for most of the year, grazed pasture is the
lowest cost feed for milk production. Grazed pasture can make a contribution to dairy cow …

The transition towards sustainable economies with improved resource efficiency is today's
challenge for all productive sectors. The dairy sector in Latin America is growing without …

Purpose The majority of sustainability studies of dairy farms focused on environmental
performance and profitability; however, social aspect has been hardly assessed. This study …

With the cessation of milk quotas in the European Union, dairy herd sizes increased in some
countries, including Ireland, with an associated increase in labor requirement. Second to …

Although mountain sheep systems suffer from climatic and environmental handicaps that
constrain productivity and economic viability, they have an important economic role …

The objective of this study was to document the milking efficiency of a sample of Irish dairy
farms and to understand the effects of (1) seasonality,(2) management practices,(3) parlor …

The seasonal workload on pasture-based dairy farms, combined with increased herd sizes,
have led to an increased focus on farm labour time-use and techniques that can reduce farm …

It has been suggested that the integration of automatic feeding systems into calf rearing
programmes has the potential to improve calf behaviour, growth and the associated labour …