Farm Networks

Husbandry Systems

Please select a husbandry system

Intensive

Semi-Intensive

Extensive

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Chicken

Beef

Dairy

Intensive - Husbandry systems explanation

Intensive livestock farming is one in which the animals are year-round housed with adequate temperatures, feed and health care necessary for the fast production of animals. It is characterised by a high productivity per animal and per surface thanks to the use of specialised animals selected for fast growing and/or high yielding.

Semi-Intensive - Husbandry systems explanation

Semi-intensive livestock farming is an intermediary one in which the animals are generally fed inside, housed in lower density, have access to enriched environments (including outdoor access) favouring the expression of natural behaviours.

Extensive - Husbandry systems explanation

Extensive livestock production is an animal farming system characterised by a low productivity per animal and per surface. Extensive livestock production systems usually have a low stocking rate and are essentially based on grazing for cattle and free-range access for chicken. Robust dual-purpose cattle breeds and slow growing chicken strains are generally used.

Chicken

Organization	Strains	Farming Systems	Labels
France
Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement Institut Technique des Filieres Avicole, Cunicole et Piscicole	Fast, medium and slow-growing chicken	Indoor farming; extensive indoor farming; Free-range with access to outdoor; extensive outdoor farming	Organic and conventional
Italy
Universita Degli Studi di Peruggia	Fast and medium-growing chicken	Extensive outdoor and indoor farming	Organic and conventional
Gesco Societa Cooperativa Agricola	Slow-growing chicken	No data	Organic and conventional
Switzerland
Forschungsinstitut Fur Biologischen Landbau Stiffung	Medium-growing and dual purpose chicken	No data	Organic
Belgium
Universiteit Gent	Fast, medium and slow-growing chicken	Extensive indoor farming; extensive outdoor farming	Organic and conventional
Poland
Institut Technique des Filieres Avicole, Cunicole et Piscicole	Fast-growing chicken	Indoor farming	Conventional

Beef

Organization	Breeds	Farming Systems	Labels
France
Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement Ecole Nationale Superieure des Sciences Agronomiques de Bordeaus Aquitaine	Limousine pure breed	Extensive	Label rouge
Italy
Universita Degli Studi di Padova	Holstein x Belgium Blue or Piemontese	Intensive	Organic and conventional
Switzerland
Forschungsinstitut Fur Biologischen Landbau Stiffung	Cross breeds or milk type males	Extensive	Organic
United Kingdom
The Queen’s University of Belfast	Fast, medium and slow-growing breeds	Extensive indoor farming; extensive outdoor farming	Organic and conventional
Spain
Universidade de Extremadura	Charolais/Limousin cattle and their crosses with local breeds	Intensive	Conventional

Dairy

Organization	Breeds	Farming Systems	Labels
France
Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement Ecole Nationale Superieure des Sciences Agronomiques de Bordeaus Aquitaine	Holstein and dual purpose Montbéliardes	Extensive, semi-intensive and intensive	Organic and conventional
Italy
Universita Degli Studi di Padova	Holstein and dual purpose	Extensive, semi-intensive and intensive	PDO (Parmigiano Reggiano), PDO (Grana Padano) and Organic
Germany
Forschungsinstitut Fur Biologischen Landbau Stiffung	Holstein	Semi-intensive and intensive	Organic and conventional
Ireland
Teagasc – Agriculture and Food Development Authority	Holstein x Jersey and Holstein	Semi-intensive and intensive	Organic and conventional