Join the Dutch Dairy Challenge

Get to it. Being a dairy farmer in these times. There's a lot on your plate, which sometimes makes it seem impossible to think about the future of your business and which choices are appropriate. That's why the Dutch Dairy Challenge was created for dairy farmers. The Dutch Dairy Challenge will help you put your innovative and entrepreneurial idea into practice for the future of your dairy farm. If you look closely, the future is full of opportunities. The challenge lies in successfully testing and implementing these ideas in practice. The Dutch Dairy Challenge helps with this.

Diversity

'Keeping cows in 2050': that is the central theme for this first regional edition of in 2021. How do we ensure that we still keep and love cows in the future? The answers to this question are very diverse. There is no single solution, strategy or scenario. Diversity is a strength of Dutch dairy farming and we should continue to cherish it. Step out of the delusion of the day for a moment and focus on new plans by taking a good look in and around your farm.

Inspiration

Do you have no idea in what direction you can think? Take a look among the following options:

• a new revenue model
• a plan for the livestock industry of the future
• structurally improving the soil
• a smart technical innovation
• a new dairy product
• realizing a positive environmental contribution
• closing of cycles
• a system innovation that turns the sector completely upside down
• the enhancement of ecosystem services in the region
• the strengthening of the relationship between farmer and citizen
• a surprising collaboration with other parties in the chain

Collaborate

All dairy farmers from the North Limburg & East Brabant region can register online up to and including February 14 with an innovative idea or great ambition for their own business. A jury will select the 10 best ideas for participation in the innovation program, where you will develop your idea into a well thought-out plan with the help of a coach over a period of three months. Applications that fall outside this selection will always be helped in some other way to take steps towards realizing the idea. You can find all the information you need at dutchdairychallenge.nl.