
Alexandre MERTENS
Les articles de Alexandre MERTENS
GO Calves - Development of alternatives to white calves production for the valorization of dairy calves
Co-construction, with Walloon dairy farmers, of trials on cattle fattening techniques and the promotion of bovine cattle produced meat.
Consideration of fecal near-infrared spectra to estimate methane eructed by dairy or beef cattle (Session 10)
Vanlierde, A. , Dehareng, F. , Mertens, A. , Mathot, M. , Lefevre, A. , Morel, I. , Renand G. , Rochette Y. , Picard, F. , Martin, C. & Andueza, D. (2023). Consideration of fecal...
Net protein productivity, a new indicator to evaluate the contribution to food security : the case of specialized dairy farms
Mertens, A. , Froidmont, E. , Mathot, M. , Rouillé, B. & Stilmant, D. (2023). Net protein productivity, a new indicator to evaluate the contribution to food security : the case...
Grasslands' yield gap and its impact on the contribution to food security of dairy farms
Battheu-Noirfalise, C. , Mertens, A. , Curnel, Y. , Froidmont, E. , Stilmant, D. & Beckers, Y. (2023). Grasslands' yield gap and its impact on the contribution to food security...

Producing meat using organic farming in Wallonia
Is dynamic rotational grazing suitable for finishing Bleu-Mixte bulls?
Grass biomass Assessment at field scale in Wallonia based on Sentinel data.
Curnel, Y. , Lucau-Danila, C. , Beriaux, E. , Jago, A. , Mertens, A. , Pirson, J. , Decruyenaere, V. & Planchon, V. (2023). Grass biomass Assessment at field scale in Wallonia...

SUNSHINE: the Walloon grass growth observatory
Establishing a grass growth observatory in Wallonia based on an approach that combines field data, satellite data and growth models.
Net protein productivity, a new indicator to evaluate the contribution of specialized dairy farms to food
Battheu-Noirfalise, C. , Mertens, A. , Froidmont, E. , Mathot, M. , Rouillé, B. & Stilmant, D. (2022). Net protein productivity, a new indicator to evaluate the contribution of...
Exploring rotational grazing and crossbreeding as options for beef production to reduce GHG emissions and feed-food competition through farm-level bio-economic modeling
Mertens, A. (2023). Exploring rotational grazing and crossbreeding as options for beef production to reduce GHG emissions and feed-food competition through farm-level bio-economic...





