1. ELPEN MEETING Athens, 15-17 March 2001 Progress report Technical aspects of ELPEN

2. Technical data Hierarchical Generic (typologies) - Specific (System information) Cross - referenced To economic, environmental, and social data Accessible from ELPEN and as standalone WWW resource Mixture of qualitative and quantitative information e.g. breed / yield

3. Technical information module Aim - to provide supporting information to ELPEN about animal production practices Enable interpretation of farm data at a regional level Enterprise level information on farming practices

4. ELPEN hierarchical structure Pan-European statistics Focused by association with CORINE FADN Quantification of farm typologies Model farms Basis for economic models

5. Metadata - technical information on livestock enterprises Photo Introduction to the system Standard Technical Profile References/ further information

6. Model dairy system - EBDT classification (eg G3) - Regional abundance (%) - Typical gross margin data - Standard Technical Profile Regional dairy technical information Aim To provide STP for each EBDT system present in a region

7. Standard Technical Profile Annual yield per cow Feed requirements Conserved fodderType(s)Amount(s) ConcentratesType(s)Amount(s) Protein types Non-protein nitrogen sources Forage area - for conservation, for grazing Days housed per year - 320-365, 100-319, 0-99 (& regional %) Housing type - cubicles, loose housing, tether Market - fresh milk, processing, on-farm processing (& regional %) Destination of male calves - KAB, veal on/off farm, beef on/off farm Breed

8. Data management Fact sheet data provided by questionnaire survey of experts Survey to be co-ordinated with collection of economic data Results stored as metadata - output to standard form Forms basis of WWW resource on European livestock systems