Description
Compared to other European countries milk production costs in Switzerland are high. Therefore Swiss milk producers must drastically reduce their costs. The high yield strategy (HY) and the full grazing (FG) or low-cost strategy appear most promising, at least for the lowland regions. Although the basic knowledge is available for both strategies, they have been applied very little in Switzerland in a consistent and optimised form.
Citation
Menzi, H.; Blaettler, T.; Thomet, P.; Durgiai, B.; Kohler, S.; Staehli, R.; Mueller, R.; and Kunz, P., "Project Opti-Milk: Optimisation and Comparison of High Yield and Low Input Milk Production Strategies on Pilot Farms in the Lowlands of Switzerland" (2023). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 44.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/satellitesymposium4/44
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Project Opti-Milk: Optimisation and Comparison of High Yield and Low Input Milk Production Strategies on Pilot Farms in the Lowlands of Switzerland
Compared to other European countries milk production costs in Switzerland are high. Therefore Swiss milk producers must drastically reduce their costs. The high yield strategy (HY) and the full grazing (FG) or low-cost strategy appear most promising, at least for the lowland regions. Although the basic knowledge is available for both strategies, they have been applied very little in Switzerland in a consistent and optimised form.
