Research facilities
On our 14 hectare Dairy Campus site, we have six units housing a total of 550 cows. We also have various working spaces, training rooms and a reception building with offices.
Each dairy house at Dairy Campus has its own research function. With 550 dairy cows, six dairy houses, a working unit and more than 300 hectares of land and training/meeting facilities, Dairy Campus is the only one of its kind in the world. Science and professional practice go hand-in-hand at Dairy Campus. Almost all our research is carried out in collaboration with businesses.
Each of our dairy houses has its own research function, covering the following:
- Animal feed en efficient feeding
- Environment
- Manure processing
- Grass and soil
- Grazing systems
- Raising youngstock
- Precision agriculture and sensor use
- Housing and floors
- Sustainable breeding
- Working life
- Water flows on a dairy farm