Ferlus

Located in a lowland area south of Poitiers (245 ha in an oceanic climate with marked summer drought), Ferlus conducts agronomic and agri-environmental experiments on sown meadows and forage crops, innovative dairy farming systems (cattle and goats) and their impact on the environment and biodiversity.

It hosts three long-term projects:

• an ORE-ACBB environmental observatory (agrosystems, biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity),
• an experimental system with three mixed-crop dairy goat farms (Patuchev)
• a system experiment on a mixed cropping-dairy farming system (OasYs).

It also conducts research into goat reproduction (Ferticap) and varietal selection and evaluation (VAPE).