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Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Germany to cull 62,000 poultry after bird flu detected in Cloppenburg
62,000 ducks and turkeys will be culled after bird flu was detected in two poultry farms in the Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony state, Germany, according to the Cloppenburg local government authority, Reuters reported.
Monday, December 28, 2020
Germany to provide funding for innovative stall concepts for sows, rearing pigs in Kempten
Germany's Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture, Julia Klöckner, has submitted a funding notification to the North Rhine-Westphalia Chamber of Agriculture for a certain Zissau project in the town of Kempten.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
State authorities in Brandenburg, Germany orders poultry to be kept indoors
The Brandenburg state government, based in east Germany, has ordered all poultry to be kept indoors to prevent contact with wild birds as bird flu continues to spread in the area, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Germany in discussions with China over relaxing pork import bans
Germany's Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture said the government is currently in intensive discussions with China about relaxing German pork imports, which China imposed after Germany detected African swine fever (ASF) this autumn, Re ...
Monday, December 14, 2020
Virtual summit focuses on challenges faced by pig farmers in Germany
During a late-November virtual summit to analyse the challenges faced by pig farmers in Germany, measures had been proposed to help the industry.
Monday, December 14, 2020
Saxony, Germany links up with fence as part of efforts to prevent ASF entry from Poland
Eastern German state Saxony has connected to a fence in Brandenburg early this month during the construction of a permanent, wild boar-proof game protection fence along the border with Poland.
Monday, December 14, 2020
Fewer pig farms in Germany face increased Salmonella risk
Germany's QS Salmonella monitoring system has revealed a 50% drop in the critical Salmonella classification (category III farms) compared to 2019.
Monday, December 7, 2020
29,000 chickens to be culled in Germany due to bird flu
The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state government said about 29,000 chickens will be culled after bird flu was detected on a farm in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district of the state, Reuters reported.
Monday, November 30, 2020
Germany calls on meatpackers to work overtime to clear livestock backlog
Julia Kloeckner, German Minister of Food and Agriculture, called on slaughterhouses and meatpackers to work overtime, such as on weekends and public holidays, to clear a livestock backlog that had accumulated during the COVID-19 pandemic, R ...
Monday, November 30, 2020
FrieslandCampina Germany accelerates strategy to focus more on strong brands
FrieslandCampina Germany is accelerating the transformation it had launched two years ago, focusing even more on its strong brands and scaling back the production of unprofitable products.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
70,000 more chickens to culled in Germany after bird flu detected on another farm
A spokesman for local German government authority Landkreis Rostock said type H5N8 bird flu was detected at a farm near Rostock in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with up to 70,000 poultry to be culled, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
16,100 turkeys culled in Germany following confirmed bird flu outbreak
German local government authority Landkreis Vorpommern-Ruegen has ordered 16,100 turkeys to be culled after H5N8 bird flu was confirmed on another poultry farm on the island of Ruegen in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommer, Reuters r ...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Another H5N8 bird flu case detected in north Germany
German authorities confirmed another H5N8 bird flu case at a poultry farm in Schweswig-Holstein state, north of Germany, Reuters reported.
Monday, November 9, 2020
H5N8 bird flu confirmed at Schleswig-Holstein state, Germany
The northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein's agriculture ministry confirmed a case of the H5N8 bird flu at a poultry farm in the state, Reuters reported.
Thursday, November 5, 2020
First African swine fever case in wild boar confirmed in Germany's Saxony region
Germany's Federal Agriculture Ministry confirmed the first case of African swine fever (ASF) in a wild boar in the Saxony region, east of the country, Reuters reported.

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