"Looking ahead - Perspectives in livestock feeding"

DBV organizes a specialist forum on animal feeding at Green Week

Experts will discuss important issues relating to the supply of farm animals with feed in the specialist forum “Looking ahead - Perspectives in animal feeding”. This specialist forum is being organized by the German Farmers' Association (DBV) on January 21, 2009, 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. at the International Green Week in Berlin.

Agricultural raw materials are caught between the potential for recycling as food for humans and animals and as a source of energy. Extreme price fluctuations in 2008 also show how dependent the refinement is on developments in the financial markets and on the EU approval policy for genetically modified feed. There is great concern in the sector that there may be no longer a supply of proteins in the coming year due to the zero tolerance for GMO soy and maize varieties that are not approved in the EU. Alternative protein sources within Europe do not meet the demand by a long way. Experts from the FAO, the Netherlands and the German feed industry will present interesting developments at the specialist forum. In the final panel discussion, common solutions will be discussed in detail. Controversial issues relating to the political framework for animal meal and fats will not be left out.

For example, Frank Zedler, President of the Saxony-Anhalt State Farmers' Association, will ask how farmers can ensure the supply of animals economically in the future. The lecture by Josef Schmidhuber, FAO, on the perspectives of the world food industry and the forecasts for the future supply situation is eagerly awaited. The specialist forum will also deal with how to deal with valuable animal proteins that are not intended for human consumption. Ruud Tijssens, Director R&D at Cehave in the Netherlands, will comment on this. Ludger Leifker, AGRAVIS Raiffeisen AG, will focus on the GMO topic and, against this background, shed light on the markets for protein animal feed. In addition, Dr. Antje Eckel, entrepreneur and board member of the German Association for Animal Nutrition DVT, will talk about the potential of feed additives. The subsequent discussion will be led by Franz-Josef Holzenkamp MdB, Vice President of the Landvolk of Lower Saxony.

You can get the detailed program [here]. Registrations are requested at Insea Pewsdorf, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots To display JavaScript must be turned on!, phone: 030/31904-420.

Source: Berlin [DBV]