ZSA seminar “Digital tools for beef producers” was held

August 30th In Madona municipality, the association “Zemnieku Saeima” in cooperation with the “Baltic Studies Centre” and the foundation “Latvijas Dabas fonds” organized a seminar “Digital Tools for Beef Producers”.

Seminar participants learned more about the map environment and data layers, the benefits and costs of digital solutions, the use of grasslands in cattle fattening, the monitoring of geospatial submissions, lesser-known factors affecting beef quality, and carcass classification.

Finally, we visited Ieva Galiņa's farm SIA "Lat Angus", which raises Angus and Highland cattle. The total number of cattle is 150. It has its own slaughterhouse, meat processing plant and shop where you can buy fresh meadow-raised beef and meat products. The farm has acquired the rights to use the "Natural Meadow Product" trademark.

The event was organized within the framework of the projects "CODECS" and "LatViaNature".

PRESENTATIONS:

DOWNLOAD ZSA DiH map environment and data layers – portal with up-to-date spatial information/ Ilze Bargā, Member of the Board of SIA “Baltic Satellite Service”

DOWNLOAD Benefits and costs of digital solutions, discussion and exchange of opinions / Emīls Ķīlis and Maija Ušča, scientific institute “Baltic Studies Centre”

DOWNLOAD Geospatial submission monitoring: from field to satellite / Anita Bordāne, Director of the Control Department of the Rural Support Service

DOWNLOAD Using grasslands in cattle fattening to produce quality carcasses and meat / Inga Muižniece, LatViaNature project manager at the Latvian Foundation for Nature; researcher at the Institute of Animal Sciences, Latvian Technical University

DOWNLOAD Lesser known factors affecting beef quality and carcass classification / Inga Platpīre, Senior Expert, Food and Veterinary Service