Description
With the real-world setting, we are able to undertake research and validate results with many external farmers and partners involved to get the dairy farming to the next generation of data-driven stables and fields. We work on circular agriculture, nature-inclusive agriculture, climate-robust agriculture and precision agriculture.
De Marke (a Wageningen University & Research facility) is a dairy farm in Hengelo, Gelderland. De Marke produces approximately 800,000 kg of milk with 3.5% protein and 4.5% fat using 80 dairy cows. It is a 55 ha sandy soil area, with a combination of (permanent) grassland, maize and arable farming.
De Marke is visited by around 4,000 interested people every year. De Marke links policy, research and practice. Our role is to resolve limitations, examine attainability, and, particularly, communicate and demonstrate these areas openly and transparently. Operations are aimed at a low farm and soil surplus of nitrogen and phosphate for minimal pollution of soil, water and air. We have a long tradition in data collection on circular farming. Test fields are used to search for solutions for better soil quality, mineral utilisation and climate change.
What could be offered through this facility?
- Data-driven crop management and soil research
- Robotisation of livestock feeding and milking.
- Robotisation and data-driven grassland management
- Big data gathering for health monitoring of dairy cattle
Arable farming
Livestock farming