By developing the production of breeding heifers as a new product category with high export potential, we contribute to versatile export capacity of the sector.
Quality of milk
Development of raw milk quality criteria set supporting safety, special requirements based on market demand and production efficiency.
Economic assessment of the impact of dry matter content of milk on the actors of the value chain and price formation mechanism.
Herd health
Herd health management programme along with development of methodology for economic impact assessment.
Advanced biosensor-based technology development for rapid determining of preclinical phase of mastitis.
Breeding
Carrying out a preliminary study for establishing a new genomic selection consortium in Eastern or Northern Europe.
Preparation of the evaluation system based on genomic breeding criteria for Estonian dairy cattle.
Feeding
Feeding strategy of young stock for effective and sustainable reproduction of dairy herds. Development of feeding costs optimisation model.
Digitalization
Establishment of automated solution for collecting bovine health data and assessing its effectiveness
Mapping of the usage of multilateral data exchange and combining data