The purpose of the association is to find new opportunities for creating higher value added from the perspective of dairy production and processing chain, improve economic performance of sector enterprises and increase global competitiveness through cooperation and various innovation activities.
EXPORTBy developing the production of breeding heifers as a new product category with high export potential, we contribute to versatile export capacity of the
sector.
BREEDINGPreparation of the evaluation system based on genomic breeding criteria for Estonian
dairy cattle.
FEEDINGFeeding strategy of young stock for effective and sustainable reproduction of dairy herds. Development of feeding costs
optimisation model.
Milk connects many activities
Herd health management programme along with methodology for economic impact assessment. Advanced biosensor-based technology development for rapid determining of preclinical phase of mastitis.
Development of updated raw milk quality criteria set.
Economic assessment of the impact of dry matter content of milk on the actors of the value chain.
Establishment of 24/7 solution for automated collecting bovine health data. Mapping of the usage of multilateral data exchange and combining data. beefEST
HERD HEALTHHerd health management programme along with methodology for economic impact assessment. Advanced biosensor-based technology development for rapid determining of preclinical phase of mastitis.
QUALITY OF MILKDevelopment 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.
DIGITALIZATIONEstablishment of 24/7 solution for automated collecting bovine health data. Mapping of the usage of multilateral data exchange and combining data. beefEST
Estonian Dairy Cluster is an open non-profit association of natural and legal persons. The purpose of the association is to find new opportunities for creating higher value added from the perspective of dairy production and processing chain, improve economic performance of sector enterprises and increase global competitiveness through cooperation and various innovation activities.
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