Currently there are about 59 organic goat dairy farms and 21 organic sheep dairy farms. Almost all Dutch goat cheese is exported.
Research projects concerning organic goat and sheep dairy focus on practical issues, aiming to provide farmers and other members of the dairy production chain with practical solutions and hands-on advice.
Important issues are the cost price of organic goat dairy and animal welfare.
Organic dairy goat production Calculating production costs, researching best grazing practices, reporting on the use of goat meat and researching the influences on fat content of goat milk.
Tackling problems in Dutch organic sheep husbandry Project aims to tackle: high death-rate of lambs, liver fluke, intestinal parasites and a hiatus in the knowledge about urea in milk.
Improving welfare performance in organic husbandry systems Improving the welfare performance in organic husbandry systems by stimulating measures in on-farm situations.
Cost price of organic goat dairy Calculating cost price by looking at costs of production, nutrition, animal health, animal welfare and product quality.
