Can the industrial breeding of insects for animal feed make a contribution to feeding the growing world population? The “Inhouse Farming – Feed & Food Show”, which will take place from November 12th to 15th, 2024 at the exhibition center in Hanover, is dedicated to answering this question. The B2B platform organized by the DLG (German Agricultural Society) focuses on technologies and solutions that show that insects can now be used economically as an alternative protein source for sustainable animal feed...

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“This is a sham debate at the wrong time,” says Steffen Reiter, managing director of the Meat Industry Association (VDF), on the proposal for a tax increase on animal foods, which is currently being discussed with reference to the recommendation of the Agriculture Future Commission (ZKL)...

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In the past, animal owners and veterinarians were helpless to deal with many infectious diseases, but today effective medications and vaccinations are almost a given - even for pigs. Regardless of whether it's the respiratory tract, digestive tract or fertility: bacteria and viruses are adaptable - and treacherous...

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The system house Winweb provides its customers with a chatbot. “Our intelligent assistant answers all questions about our company and our winweb-food software,” says Jan Schummers, senior software engineer at Winweb Informationstechnologie GmbH, who is driving the use of AI. “And all in a matter of seconds.”...

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The Tönnies Group welcomes Julia Hupp to the management team. As Chief Transformation Officer, she will now be responsible for bundling the transformation work within the group...

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100 years of partner to the food industry. Gustav Ehlert GmbH & Co. KG, based in Verl, will celebrate this anniversary in 2024. Founded as a butcher's supplies wholesaler, the Ehlert company supplied craft businesses and meat and sausage production companies that are traditionally strongly anchored in the Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Gütersloh and Versmold area...

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Meat consumption among Germans will fall to its lowest level in 2023. The long-term trend towards decreasing meat consumption continued in 2023. According to preliminary information from the Federal Information Center for Agriculture (BZL), per capita meat consumption fell by 430 grams to 51,6 kilograms. This is the lowest value since records began...

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In 2023, German manufacturers of food processing and packaging machines achieved a nominal export increase of 8,6 percent and reached a record value of 9,85 billion euros...

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The European Commission has approved the majority stake of the family holding Pfeifer & Langen Industrie- und Handels-KG in the family company Rügenwalder Mühle Carl Müller GmbH & Co. KG. The approval by the European Commission was preceded by intensive examination. With the official approval of the investment, the way is clear for the two family companies to merge...

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Westfleisch continued to grow in 2023: The second largest German meat marketer based in Münster was able to increase its sales by 11 percent to 3,35 billion euros last year. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) rose by almost 7 percent to 37,7 million euros. The annual surplus amounts to 21,5 million euros...

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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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