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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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From January 1, 2024, QS-certified companies are obliged to only sell feed that meets the QS-Sojaplus standard. QS thus enables the entire production chain for meat and meat products to rely on the use of more sustainably produced soy...

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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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At its 23rd annual conference, the German Animal Food Association warned. V. (DVT) provides calculable framework conditions from politics for a reliable German feed and food supply in order to be able to meet national and international challenges in the agricultural sector...

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