SCR and Nestle open dairy farm institute in China

Cattle management and monitoring systems provider SCR Engineers is collaborating with Nestle to set up the Nestle Dairy Farming Institute (DFI) in China.

The institute is being set-up to support the rapid development of a dairy farming industry in China. It will train dairy professionals and students about all aspects of modern dairy farming.

DFI that covers an area of over 600,000m² is located in the Heilongjiang province of China. It comprises working farms of different sizes to help farmers grow their farms in a planned manner. It also has an academic centre with classrooms and laboratories.

Every individual cow involved in the project will be monitored by SCR. The company will also manage all cow monitoring-related data, which will give farmers real-life exposure to advanced health and heat detection management concepts and workflows.

Speaking about the collaboration with Nestlé, SCR CEO Yariv Avisar said: "We are very pleased to be cooperating with Nestlé and our other partners to improve Chinese dairy industry standards by standardizing procedures, training professionals and improving milk quality and production. We are certain that SCR’s best-in-class cow monitoring solution will contribute greatly to achieving these goals."

The DFI was officially opened on 15 October and will also provide training and courses in farm management using the company’s monitoring solutions.

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Image: SCR and Nestle have set up the Nestlé Dairy Farming Institute in China. Photo: courtesy of dan/freedigitalphotos.net.