HerbiPole

The Herbipôle is a multidisciplinary experimental research platform on ruminants and grasslands. The aims of the research projects conducted at the Herbipôle deal with ruminant farming systems in grassland mountain areas, preserving their welfare and in connection with products qualities (milk, meat, cheeses and meat) and environmental impacts.

The Herbipôle gathers all the INRAE experimental installations of ruminants in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region that are distributed over 3 locations: Laqueuille and Theix in Puy-de-Dôme, and Marcenat in Cantal. The experimental herds are of 900 bovines and 800 sheep distributed on more than 1100 ha of grassland, located at an altitude between 850 and 1500 m a.s.l.