Correction to: Characteristics of organic dairy major farm types in seven European countries

Modeling heat stress under organic dairy farming conditions in warm temperate climates within the Mediterranean basin

“…In addition, the increase in yield variability as temperature increased in the present study can be explained by the fact that in a restrictive environment, issues such as high heat loads, may only impair the expression of the full genetic potential of high-producing animals (Carabaño et al 2016). Thus, the lesser impact of THI on milk yield in organic farms may be due to organic herds being less strongly selected for high milk production (Wallenbeck et al 2018;Blanco-Penedo et al 2019). In fact, the heterogeneity of variance might be considered in line to be consistent with the maintenance of genetic variance and variability of production in the herd.…”

“…However, while thermal stress in dairy cows has been extensively studied in high-yielding cows (Gauly et al 2013), there has been very little discussion in the scientific literature regarding heat stress under extensively managed cattle systems, and the extent to which heat stress affects the ability of cows to adapt to an organic production environment has not been well explored. One challenge for studies of organic farming systems is that such systems include a range of production environments, varying from very extensive small-scale farming to large intensive systems more similar to conventional production (Wallenbeck et al 2018;Blanco-Penedo et al 2019).…”

Structural characteristics of organic dairy farms in four European countries and their association with the implementation of animal health plans

“…There is very little information available on the extent of variation in these factors across the organic dairy sector in Europe, and only three studies generate descriptions of the structure and management approaches of national organic dairy sectors (Perea et al, 2010;Ivemeyer et al, 2017;Wallenbeck et al, 2018). However, few studies have been identified that attempt to systematize the observed variation in these sectors, either using clustering or other approaches, especially at a cross-country scale.…”