Details of the project EPI

Strategies for optimizing the feed base and reducing nitrogen emissions to the environment in beef cattle

01-09-2021 do 31-12-2022

1 712 392,40

EFRROW; national public funds; own funds

www.wolowinapro.pl

Currently, Poland is one of the most important European producers and exporters of beef cattle and beef. Cattle fattening, especially on smaller farms, becomes an alternative to the production of milk or fattening pigs. The dominant feeding system for beef cattle in Poland is fattening based on maize silage or grass silage, which is supplemented with concentrated feed - energy and protein. Frequent drought problems reduce the amount of roughage produced on farms and limit their feed base. The use of the cultivated area for fodder plants also limits the possibilities of farms to cultivate other plants and for purposes other than forage. Therefore, a very important issue is how to supplement, enrich and diversify the basic fodder base of farms specializing in cattle fattening. There are currently various wet and dry by-products from the agri-food industry on the market. They can be successfully used in the feeding of beef cattle as a good source of energy and protein in rations. In order

1. Development and implementation of an innovative technology of grazing young cattle with the use of by-products from the agri-food industry, with the simultaneous optimization of the use of nutrients, doses, to reduce the emission of pollutants to the environment. 2. Development of innovative fattening regimens with a better, compared to the currently used, use of protein in rations, which will translate into lower consumption and demand for protein feed, and will also help to reduce nitrogen emissions to the environment. 3. More extensive use of by-products in fattening will complement the farm's forage base, which will ensure greater production stability. It will also reduce the problem of managing some by-products and improve the profitability of farms. 4. Disseminating research results and nutritional recommendations based on them through such channels as publications in trade journals, presentations of results at scientific conferences and preparation of an internet platform dedicated to breeders and producers of beef cattle.

animal husbandry and welfare