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Status-quo-analysis of selected sustainability aspects of milk production

Lead Institute bw Farm Economics

    Sustainability became an issue also in milk production. Dairies are increasingly requested to assert their market partners in processing and trade that their milk is of sustainable origin. How can this be achieved? The Thünen Institute of Farm Economics developed a sustainability concept which was implemented in cooperation with agribusiness partners in Lower Saxony.

    Feeding racks in a stanchion barn
    © Landesvereinigung der Milchwirtschaft Niedersachsen e.V. (LVN)

    Feeding racks in a stanchion barn

    The core of the concept is the development of a 'basic tool' for written interviews with milk producers. The tool was jointly developed by the Institute of Farm Economics, the agency 'Land und Markt' and the working party 'Sustainable milk production' of the 'Regional Association of the Milk Industry in Lower Saxony' (LVN). The participating parties jointly defined ecological, animal welfare, social and economic sustainability issues to include in the interviews and developed indicators to measure them. With the subsequent survey of 750 milk producers a data base was created that serves for further branch-wide discussions.

    The final report has been published as Thünen Working Paper 28 (in German version).

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