Production & Animal Health

The cow and the climate

A plant-based diet is the right strategy for a more climate-friendly agriculture and food system. However, the rule of thumb that “the cattle are to blame for everything” has now become established in many people’s minds. And yes: the production of animal food has a significantly greater impact on the climate than the production of plant-based food...

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The transformation of animal husbandry is gaining momentum

The restructuring of animal husbandry in Germany is gaining momentum. The newly launched federal funding program is already in high demand from farmers shortly after its launch. Applications with a funding volume of almost 12,7 million euros (as of March 14.3.2024, 26,5) were received in the first few days. Including the companies' own contribution, the total volume is already almost XNUMX million euros...

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Federal program to promote the restructuring of animal husbandry begins

The federal program with which the federal government wants to support the further development of animal husbandry in Germany will be published today in the Federal Gazette. The investment support will come into force on March 1, 2024. From then on, agricultural businesses will have the opportunity to apply for financial support to convert their stables to animal-friendly conditions...

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Husbandry form from summer with 5 instead of 4 levels

The previously four-stage husbandry type labeling will become five-stage this year. The fourth level will be divided and the labeling will be supplemented by a separate fifth level for organic programs. As before, conventional animal welfare programs are classified by the sponsoring company in the fourth level. In addition, the five levels each receive new names that correspond to those of the mandatory state animal husbandry labeling. These changes will come into force for all areas of husbandry in summer 2024...

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Positive development in husbandry type labeling

The husbandry system has collected figures that document the distribution of the product range in the four levels for the different animal species. These figures are based on actual sales volumes throughout the year. Accordingly, despite the pandemic and economic challenges, there is a clear shift, for example, in pork products from level 1 (7,1 percent) to level 2 (84,9 percent) - i.e. products from the Animal Welfare Initiative (ITW) program. In 2021, the quantities of pork sold were still distributed at 22 percent in level 1 and 68 percent in level 2 on the self-service shelves...

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Fattening pig farmers benefit

In the future, pig farmers in the QS system will be able to get an overview of the animal health of their slaughter pigs much more easily and quickly using the diagnostic data from the slaughterhouses: QS Quality and Security GmbH (QS) has developed an animal health index (TGI) diagnostic data, which contains the diagnostic data from all slaughterhouses to which the farmer has delivered is systematically summarized...

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Diolog workshop by Tönnies Research

Animal welfare and emissions - how do we create optimal husbandry? The actors addressed this question at the most recent workshop at Tönnies Forschungs gGmbH. To show how these two aspects can be optimally combined in livestock farming, producers, scientists and representatives from companies, agricultural organizations and food retailers came together in the monastery gate in Marienfeld...

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Pig farming: Less ammonia emissions from the stable

Even simple measures such as cooling the manure or reducing its surface area have proven effects: the emission of harmful gases, especially ammonia, from fattening pig stalls can be reduced. This is an interim result from the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart in the joint project “Reducing emissions from livestock farming”, EmiMin for short. With a good 2 million euros in federal funding, the sub-project at the University of Hohenheim is a research heavyweight...

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Labeling law for pork came into force

Consumers in Germany want to know how the animals whose meat they buy at the shop counter or in the supermarket lived like. On August 24, 2023, the Animal Husbandry Labeling Act came into force. The state-mandatory labeling is now intended to ensure transparency and clarity with regard to the way animals are kept. Retail chains have had their own labeling for some time. The nationwide uniform regulation is new...

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