“Dairy Farm of Tomorrow – Innovations, Challenges, and Inspiration for the Next Generation”
8:30-9:10
Opening Session
Welcome
Leszek Hądzlik, President of the Polish Federation of Cattle Breeders and Dairy Farmers
Stefan Krajewski, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Republic of Poland
Suzanne Harding, Secretary General of the European Holstein and Red Holstein Federation
9:10 – 10:30
Session 1 – Inspiring the Next Generation
Chair: Anke Rolfes, German Livestock Association, Germany
9:10 – 9:30
Fifth generation dairy farmer, but why?
Eeva Harhala, Finland
9:30 – 9:50
Success is Plannable: Mindset, Management and Practical Actions from My Farm
Fraederk Meppen, Germany
9:50 – 10:10
European Farm Policy on Generational Renewal
Thomas Duffy, Ireland
10:30 – 10:55
Coffee Break / Networking
10:55 – 12:20
Session 2 – Breeding for Climate Resilience
Chair: Nanna Hammershøj, Dansk Holstein, Denmark
10:55 – 11:15
Breeding for resilience in Holstein cows
Franziska Keßler, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology in Dummerstorf, Germany
11:15 – 11:35
Complexities of genetic selection of heat tolerant cows
Maria Jesús Carabaño, National Institute for Research in Agriculture, Spain
11:35 – 11:55
Development of genetic evaluation for methane
Gerben de Jong, CRV, The Netherlands
11:55 – 12:15
Heat tolerance in Italian Holsteins
Raffaella Finocchiaro, Italian Holstein Breeders Association, Italy
13:40 – 15:00
Session 3 – Data-Driven Dairy Breeding
Chair: Melanie Harmitt, Holstein UK, United Kingdom
13:40 – 14:00
Different Goals, Common Ground: A Global Perspective on Dairy Breeding Objectives
Dr Donagh Berry, Teagasc, Ireland
14:00 – 14:20
CFIT – Cattle Feed InTake measured in commercial Holstein herds with 3D cameras
Jan Lassen, Viking Genetics, Denmark
14:20 – 14:40
Breeding for Lower Methane Emissions: A Data-Driven Approach
Raffaella Finocchiaro, Italian Holstein Breeders Association, Italy;
Marcin Pszczoła, Poznan University of Life Sciences
& Polish Federation of Cattle Breeders and Dairy Farmers, Poland
15:00 – 15:15
Coffee Break / Networking
15:15 – 17:00
Session 4 – The Future of Genetics
Chair: Dr László Bognár, Holstein Hungary, Hungary
15:15 – 15:35
Future of genomic selection utilising AI and dense DNA data
Prof. Tomasz Suchocki, Wrocław University of
Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
15:35 – 15:55
Beef on Dairy: Consequences for Herdbooks
Prof. Martino Cassandro, National Association of Italian
Friesian, Brown and Jersey Breeders, Italy
15:55 – 16:15
Interbull Centre and EU Reference Centre-Zootechnics in future European Global cattle breeding
Toine Roozen, Interbull Centre and EU Reference Centre Zootechnics, Sweden
16:15 – 16:35
Gene Editing and New Genomic Techniques (NGT)
Dr László Bognár, Holstein Hungary, Hungary
