Session 20. Are organic farming systems sustainable?

Date: 25 August ‘09; 14:00 - 18:00 hours
Chairperson: Hermansen (DK)

 

Theatre Session 20

• The sustainability of organic dairy production in the U.S.A.
  Rotz, C.A.

• Effects of increasing the farm produced content in organic feeds on pig performances
  Royer, E., Cazaux, J.G., Maupertuis, F., Crepon, K. and Albar, J.

• Breeding replacement gilts for organic pig farms
  Leenhouwers, J.I., Ten Napel, J., Hanenberg, E.H.A.T. and Merks, J.W.M.

• Self-sufficiency with vitamins and minerals on organic dairy farms
  Mogensen, L., Kristensen, T., Søegaard, K. and Jensen, S.K.

• Energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and economic performances assessments in suckler cattle farms: impacts of the conversion to organic farming
  Veysset, P. and Bébin, D.

• Milk performance, energy efficiency and greenhouse gases of dairy farms: case of Reunion Island
  Vigne, M., Bochu, J.L. and Lecomte, P.

• Effects of space allowance on gas emissions from group-housed gestating sows
  Philippe, F.X., Cabaraux, J.F., Canart, B., Laitat, M., Vandenheede, M., Wavreille, J., Bartiaux-Thill, N. and Nicks, B.

• Estimation of methane emission from commercial dairy herds
  Kristensen, T.

 

Poster Session 20

• Fatty acid composition of organic and conventional milk from UK farms
  Stergiadis, S., Seal, C.J., Leifert, C., Eyre, M.D. and Butler, G.

• Farming factors affecting food safety and quality in NW Spain
  Blanco-Penedo, I., López-Alonso, M., Shore, R., Miranda, M., Castillo, C., Hernández, J., Pereira, V., García-Vaquero, M. and Benedito, J.L.

• The effects of sustainable dairy farming system on milk composition and quality
  Jovanovic, S.J., Popovic Vranjes, A., Vegara, M. and Savic, M.

• Diagnosis of the organic production system in Catalonia: from farm to fork
  Panella, N., Gispert, M., Fernàndez, X., López, F., Bartolomé, J. and Fàbrega, E.

• The performance and meat quality of Bonsmara steers raised in a feedlot or on organic pastures
  Groenewald, I.B., Esterhuizen, J., Hugo, A. and Strydom, P.E.

• Comparison of mycotoxins residues in animal products produced organically and conventionally
  Denli, M.

• Viability of organic dairy farms located in northwest of Spain in different subsidy reduction scenarios
  García, A., Perea, J., Acero, R. and Gómez, G.

• Characterization of the organic beekeeping in Spain: preliminary results
  Perea, J., García, A., Acero, R., Santos, M.V.F. and Gómez, G.

• Competitiveness of organic dairy farms in northwest of Spain: subsidy reductions
  Perea, J., García, A., Angón, E., Acero, R. and Gómez, G.