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Barriers and potential strategies in the implementation of cow-calf contact systems – Insights from dairy cattle farmers and from other livestock production systems

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Liveveld et al. conducted a review to identify common barriers and suggest suitable strategies for the adoption of cow-calf contact systems, The wrote: “Finding new management strategies to address practical barriers is not sufficient if this knowledge is not effectively transferred to the farmers and policymakers. Indeed, the existence of conceptual and knowledge barriers shows that knowledge transfer is not yet effective. Farmers have also noted this themselves, as several farmers mentioned lack of knowledge being a barrier (Eriksson et al., 2022; Hansen et al., 2023). This means that education and dissemination are essential steps in removing barriers both at the decision and transition stages of CCC implementation.”