European Grassland Symposium 2025
EGF 2025 Symposium Themes
The three themes for the symposium are:
Theme 1 – Design, establishment and management of mixtures for grazing and conservation
Theme 2 – Forage utilisation and feeding value
Theme 3 – Environmental effects of mixtures
Topics included under the three themes are listed below.
Theme 1: Design, establishment and management of mixtures for grazing and conservation
- Extension of the growing season
- Morphological specificities to adapt to climatic changes
- Rooting depth
- Species mix complexity
- Productivity response to plant diversity
- Yield stability
- Grazing rotation length & sward management to increase diversity
- Grazing effects on sward composition
- Conservation techniques
Theme 2: Forage utilisation and feeding value
- Nutritive analysis – analytical techniques
- Nutritive value
- Digestive efficiency
- Degradability
- Animal Health and Welfare
- Anthelmintic properties
- Feeding behaviour
- Grazing selection
- Methane emissions & rumen fermentation characteristics
Theme 3: Environmental effects of mixtures
- GHG emissions
- Ecosystem services
- Carbon sequestration
- Fauna diversity
- N & P cycling
- Fertiliser inputs
- Legacy effects in arable rotations
EGF 2025 Partners and Sponsors
BGS EGF 2025
BGS is a membership organisation which acts as a communication forum, through events and publications, for the profitable and sustainable use of grass and forage. It brings together all those with an active interest in the science and practice of grass and forage production and utilisation; research workers, farmers, advisers, teachers and technical members of the agricultural industry.
EGF
The European Grassland Federation is a forum for students, research workers, advisors, teachers, industry representatives, farmers, policy makers and other people with active interest in all aspects of grassland in Europe. These aspects include utilisation and management of all types of grasslands for production and other ecosystem services.