The Operational Plan is a first for Greece, since for the first time an attempt is made to replace imported soybean meal with domestic lupine production in the context of a balanced ration, which will fully cover the needs of the animals based on their production stage. At the same time, an effort will be made, aiming at the health of farmed ruminants, to enhance their productivity (milking cows) and their development (growing calves) with zero or reduced, if possible, use of soybean meal respecting the principles and legislation governing organic livestock.

Finally, for the first time, the lupine seeds used will undergo heat treatment in a special machine, which causes heat denaturation of protease inhibitors, improving the nutritional value of its seeds, which become highly digestible. Heat-treated lupine seeds can now be included in the rations of dairy cows, with the aim of reducing the use of soybean meal as much as possible, without adverse effects on the consumption of dry matter, milk production (adult cows) and the development of the female sires of the specific herd. breeding (calves).