Description
There is also a small nucleus of cows for meat: 16 heads of Piedmont breed. 52 hectares of agricultural land used (AA), from which hay and silage are produced for the feeding of cows. The main crop is silage maize and mash (26 hectares), followed by over 11 hectares of Medicago sativa; 11 hectares of Italian ryegrass and 4 hectares of triticale for silage are also sown on the farm. In this company, research is conducted to develop methods that allow the reduction of pesticides, the decrease in the use of fertilisers and herbicides, and the conservation of water and energy. With the Life project and forage4Climate, cover crops are grown in the fields to establish a vegetative defence against specific weeds, making the use of pesticides less necessary. In this farm, there are also two advanced systems of robotic milking integrated with the online milk analysis system that allows continuous monitoring of parameters to assess the health status of the animal.
