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The GNSS laboratory allows the use of a GNSS simulator, which produces a comprehensive range of emulated RF signals with industry-leading flexibility, fidelity, performance, and reliability. It covers a full set of known constellations like GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, NavIC, and SBAS.

This facility is composed of an experimental milking machine, a modular milking parlour, and a milking robot.

55-hectare plot of grassland with a 7-year rotation: 5 years of grassland, 2 years of crops. This plot can be harvested or grazed by the cows. Various trials are performed on the plot: multi-species meadows test, maintenance tests (overseeding, aeration, amendment), growth measurement with an herbometer, phosphorus runoff and nitrate loss tests, ...

32-hectare plot for silage corn growing. Sowing begins in early May, and harvesting begins in early September.

15-hectare plot for cereal growing. Sowing around November and harvesting in July.

This facility is composed of 2 pens: one 1000 m² housing for milking cows with 85 places at the trough and one 800 m² housing for heifers with 70 places at the trough. The cows are housed in a stall with cubicles on straw and an automatic scraper.

Mainly grouped around the building, this facility is composed of 42% of permanent meadow and 58% of temporary meadow. Most of it is grazed by the animals, and a progressive automation of the water troughs is ongoing.

This facility is a 650 m² holding pen that is used for several interventions on the animals, such as shearing, weighing, and health interventions. Animals enter from one side and are parked in a waiting area. Then they can be sorted and directed in different ways to the devices needed for the planned intervention.

This facility is meant for finishing lambs housing. The building has a central area meant for feeding the animals, and on each side there are modular pens. Animals are housed on accumulated straw litter.

This facility is meant to house ewes for lambing. The building has a central area meant for feeding the animals, and on each side there are modular pens. Animals are housed on accumulated straw litter.