Working Groups

Since 2002 different groups of scientists from different European countries have requested the EGF to act as a working group under the umbrella of EGF. This initiative was supported by the Executive Committee. Currently there are four EGF Working Groups on the following topics:

• Grassland re-sowing and grass-arable rotations (2002) 
• Dairy farming systems (2004)
• Analytical methods for measuring fatty acids in forage (2006-2010)
• Grazing (2008)
• Semi-natural grasslands (2011)
• Sensing in grassland and forage science and practice (2017)

The Working Groups report to each EGF General Meeting and, more recently, on the EGF Website.

The workshops in combination with EGF conferences will be announced on the respective event websites.

Sensing in grassland and forage science and practice
The EGF Working Group “Sensing in grassland and forage science and practice” held its constituting assembly and first workshop on 7 May 2017 at the Congress Venue of the Department of Architecture, Muralla de l’Hospital (Bastioni Pigafetta) in Alghero, Sardinia (Italy).

More information and the proceedings and presentations of this workshop are available here.

Grazing in a high-tech world
The workshop was a combination of a limited number of short presentations, followed by group discussions on relevant topics.

Organising Committee:

• Agnes van den Pol-van Dasselaar, chair (Wageningen UR Livestock Research / CAH Vilentum University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands)
• Alex de Vliegher (ILVO, Belgium)
• Deirdre Hennessy (Teagasc, Ireland)
• Johannes Isselstein (University of Göttingen, Germany)
• Jean-Louis Peyraud (INRA, France)

The proceedings and presentations of this workshop are available here for download.

Grazing and automation
The EGF Working Group "Grazing" held its 4^th Meeting. The theme of the meeting was "Grazing and automation". A report with proceedings and presentations are available here.