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ICAR Board Meeting (28 Nvember 2023, h. 20.00 Paris time).
 

The following are the documents made available for the meeting:

Approval of the Agenda of the Board meeting 28 November 2023

A. Minutes of the ICAR Board meeting - 26th, 27th October 2023

• Guidelines – Wiki expansion
• a) Endorsement of Guidelines (Section 2)
  • Overview
  • Procedure 1: Computing 24 Hour Yield
  • Procedure 2: Computing Lactation Yield.
  • Appendix 1: Adjustment factors to calculate 24-hour yields using Liu method
  • Appendix 2: Renewed estimation method for 24-hour fat percentage
• b) MRSD-SC: ICAR Board Approval
  • Nomination of Thomas Denninger to MRSD-SC
  • Letter of support: Janette Mathie
• c) ICAR Guidelines about Sustainability for ICAR Bard for endorsment
  • New section of the ICAR guidelines about Sustainability (Section 22)
  • Appendix A. ICAR Sustainability Recording Traits
  • Appendix B. Prediction equations for feed intake, feed efficiency and methane for Dairy Cattle

B. CE Report

• 1. Finance updates
  • a) financial results YTD October 2023
• 2. Projection year end 2023 and forecast
• 3. Amended Business plan 2024 and Budget 2024: final approval

C. Projects update

• 1. Chairs / Board meeting: next steps
• 2. Announcement of the program for ICAR Proficiency Test 2024 for milk analyses
• 3. Interbeef / Interbull
• 4. Wiki training / ISO 17065 accreditation
• 5. Global Methane Hub

D. ICAR External relations

• 1. Agri|Technica – Hanover 2023 | Nora Hammer
• 2. WHFF 2023 – Puy du Fou – (Steven Sievert)
• 3. EFFAB/ATF/ EU Parliament/FAO
• 4. AgriGates Podcast
• 5. Webinar of the Series: Brian Wickham Young Person's EX² Series

E. AOB

End of the session