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2024
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Insight from new technology in rangeland grazing systems Inger Hansen, Lise Grøva, Michael Angeloff and Oddbjørn Kaasa Although digital technologies and innovations are increasingly being adopted and accepted in intensive livestock systems, they are poorly developed and implemented in extensive livestock farming systems. On-animal sensors have potential to remotely monitor and identify changes in animal behaviour, such as illness, accidents or depredation. Real time monitoring of livestock may allow farmers and ranchers to respond more rapidly when animals become ill, and by this ensure both production and welfare With the rapid increase in new data from digital technologies from livestock rangeland grazing systems, there is a need to explore the potential for new knowledge and new tools that these data may provide. The potential lies in multisource data analysis to generate new insight on sheep behaviour, interactions and possible criteria for Early Warning Systems (EWS). EWS is in high demand by farmers, authorities and all stakeholders to ensure the sustainable management of our rangeland grazing resources. In Norway we have now started a pilot work to integrate data from GPS tracking collars on free ranging sheep with individual sheep health and production data sources, as well as vegetation maps, weather conditions, human activity and predator killings. Since 2015, Meråker grazing group, consisting of 25 sheep farmers, have used GPS tracking collars on about 2000 ewes from June to September. The data set consists of more than 9 million positions, allowing analysis of the sheep's movement related to numerous environmental and production factors. Integration of these position data with production-, health-, large carnivores- and other explanatory variables, and analysis of these multisource data, has potential to be a game changer for rangeland grazing systems. This presentation will highlight the the potiential for new insight in these farming systems.
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Kamal Atmeh Christophe Bonenfant Jean-Michel Gaillard Mathieu Garel A. J. Mark Hewison Pascal Marchand Nicolas Morellet Pia Anderwald Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar Jeffrey L. Beck Matthew S. Becker Floris M. van Beest Jodi Berg Ulrika A. Bergvall Randall B. Boone Mark S. Boyce Simon Chamaillé-Jammes Yannick Chaval Chimeddorj Buyanaa David Christianson Simone Ciuti Steeve D. Côté Duane R. Diefenbach Egil Droge Johan T. du Toit Samantha Dwinnell Julian Fennessy Flurin Filli Daniel Fortin Emma E. Hart Matthew Hayes Mark Hebblewhite Morten Heim Ivar Herfindal Marco Dietmar Heurich Christian von Hoermann Katey Huggler Craig Ryan Jackson Andrew F. Jakes Paul F. Jones Petra Kaczensky Matthew Kauffman Petter Kjellander Tayler LeSharr Leif Egil Loe Roelof Frans May Philip McLoughlin Erling Meisingset Evelyn Merrill Kevin L. Monteith Thomas Mueller Atle Mysterud Dejid Nandintsetseg Kirk Olson John Payne Scott Pearson Åshild Ønvik Pedersen Dustin Ranglack Adele K. Reinking Thomas Rempfler Clifford G. Rice Eivin Røskaft Bernt-Erik Sæther Sonia Saïd Hugo Santacreu Niels Martin Schmidt Daan Smit Jared A. Stabach Martin-Hugues St-Laurent Joëlle Taillon W. David Walter Kevin White Guillaume Péron Anne LoisonAbstract
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Even Unsgård Erling Meisingset Inger Maren Rivrud Gunn Randi Fossland Pål Thorvaldsen Vebjørn Veiberg Atle MysterudAbstract
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Annika M. Felton Hilde Karine Wam Zbigniew Borowski Aksel Granhus Laura Juvany Juho Matala Markus Melin Märtha Wallgren Anders MårellAbstract
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Galina Gusarova Hedvig Elisabeth Mjøen Magali Corti Frédéric Mahé Pernille Meyer Lilja Steinthorsdottir Marie Kristine Føreid Merkel Stefaniya Kamenova Kamenova Gabriela Wagner Monica Alterskjær Sundset Lars Folkow Tove Hilde Ågnes Utsi Tommi Nyman Cornelya Klutsch Torkild Tveraa Anne Krag Brysting Sylvain Monteux Youri Lammers Eric Coissac Pierre Robert Michel Taberlet Roberto Cazzolla Gatti Inger Greve AlsosAbstract
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Ruminants, including sheep, contribute significantly to methane emissions, thus resulting in high emissions per kg of product. However, they can utilise plant material unsuitable for human consumption, thereby transforming it into valuable, protein-rich food. Grazing also preserves cultural landscapes and can contribute to carbon sequestration. Under¬standing the balance between these factors within the climate change context is crucial. This study inves-tigates the environmental impact of meat, milk, and wool production from sheep farming in Norway and Slovenia.