With the spread of ecological farming in Hungary, the value of research dealing with the idiosyncrasies of sheep-farming is growing. Within this branch, in the course of work on the question of feeding in lamb rearing – besides solving methodological questions – we are searching for opportunities to improve effectiveness. The first year of experiments showed a lack of success in ecological farming to produce the kind of profit and natural effectiveness achieved by conventional farming using special lamb feeds developed over the years. Based on our tests, the role of profit in the improvement of effectiveness is prominent, because expenditure reduction appears to be the only impossible option. For farmers both the development of new feed technologies and the averting of current market obstacles await solution.
Összefoglaló