Global animal health leader Alltech is proud to announce a new on-farm dairy partnership with COVAP, one of Spain’s largest farmer co-operatives. COVAP45 in strategic alliance with Alltech will witness initial trials on 15 dairy farms in the Spanish region of Andalucía, with a view to spreading to all 320 farms within the COVAP cooperative by the end of 2017.
The aim of COVAP45 is production efficiency for COVAP’s dairy farmers powered by Alltech’s nutrition expertise, with Alltech as the exclusive nutrition partner to COVAP in Spain.
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| Announcing a new on-farm dairy programme in Spain (from left to right) are Mr Emilio de Leon, production manager, COVAP, alongside Dr Pearse Lyons, founder and president of Alltech. This new strategic alliance, with Alltech as COVAP’s exclusive nutrition partner, will aim to increase efficiency and milk yields while decreasing costs to some 320 Spanish dairy farmers in the Andalucía region of Spain. |
COVAP currently assist its dairy farmers to
produce 240 million litres of milk per annum. COPVAP45 will underline the
cooperative commitment to innovation for the Spanish dairy market and allow
COVAP to hit the mark of 300 million litres of milk per annum.
“Spain is one of the three most important
markets for Alltech in Europe,” said Dr Pearse Lyons, founder and president of
Alltech.
“Alltech is proud of the achievements made
to date in Spain and through COVAP45 Alltech will bring the latest research,
solutions and expertise direct to Spanish dairy farmers. COVAP45 underscores
our long-term commitment to efficient, sustainable dairy farming and is another
way that we are helping to support the continued growth and transformation of
the dairy industry.”
Dairy farmers across Europe are becoming
increasingly focused on improving their efficiency and profitability. Following
the quota abolition earlier this year, increased milk production is very much
within the capabilities of the European dairy herd. The key to unlocking
profitability in a sustainable manner is through achieving greater efficiency
of production. These will be the driving factors behind COVAP45.
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| Announcing a new on-farm dairy programme in Spain, a group of Spanish dairy farmers including Lourdes Martínez, COVAP45 project leader with Alltech and Diego Ruiz, COVAP45 project leader with COVAP, gather between Dr Pearse Lyons, founder and president of Alltech; Mr Emilio de Leon, production manager, COVAP; Alltech Iberian regional director Jomi Bernad; and Alltech Spain general manager, Alex Galipienso. This new strategic alliance will aim to increase efficiency and milk yields while decreasing costs to some 320 Spanish dairy farmers in the Andalucía region of Spain, with Alltech serving as COVAP’s exclusive nutrition partner. |
“Alltech has significant expertise and vast
knowledge in animal nutrition and dairy science and are natural partners for
COVAP in the Spanish market,” commented Mr Antonio Carmona, general manager of
COVAP.
“Alltech has been a strategic technology
and nutritional partner for us across many of our farmer streams here in COVAP,
and we look forward to working with the Alltech team to improve milking yields
for Spanish farmers while reducing their input costs.”
The significance of this recent
announcement was highlighted at the Alltech REBELation where dairy farmers from
around the globe gathered in Kentucky last month to discuss the world of dairy
and the business opportunities available to them. Key industry leaders in the
field of dairy shared insights and knowledge about new branding and marketing
opportunities, farm issues, animal health and wellness and the hot topics of
carbon footprint on the farm to a hugely enthusiastic audience of nearly 3,000
attendees.
Visit the Alltech website HERE.
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