On 12 September 2024, students of the Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Food Technology of Poltava State Agrarian University visited the Kaunas Collegium laboratory in Lithuania.
During the trip, they conducted physicochemical and organic studies of Ukrainian and Lithuanian cheeses, compared product quality, exchanged new knowledge and methods, and got acquainted with modern equipment. The students gained invaluable experience, acquired theoretical and practical skills that will help them in their future research!
The students also visited a goat mini-farm with its own craft cheese dairy, located near Kaunas in the small town of Lekėčiai. The Siaudine ozka farm was founded in 1994. Today, the farm has 17 dairy goats of Anglo-Nubian, Alpine and Mancha breeds, 20 goats, 2 breeding goats and 10 sheep. The farm not only raises and breeds goats and sheep, but also produces craft cheeses (brynza, Adygea, dry cheese, fresh soft cheese, several types of hard cheese), yoghurt made from sheep's milk, and goat meat.
The farm also offers green tourism, so everyone can not only see the animals but also buy craft products, enjoy nature, learn about the history of the farm and visit photo zones. During this excursion, the students improved their knowledge of goat breeding and husbandry, cheese production technology, and learned about the unique technologies of traditional Lithuanian cheeses. We are very grateful to the owners of the farm for their warm welcome, new knowledge and interesting excursion. Such trips contribute to the development of professional competences and deepen knowledge in the field of food technology.
