Whistance, Lindsay (2019) OK-Net EcoFeed: Organic Knowledge Network for Monogastric Animal Feed. ORC Bulltin, 2019 (128), pp. 6-8.
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When feeding organic farm animals, the goal is to offer balanced diets that are fully organic and from home-grown or regionally-sourced feedstuffs. For monogastrics, pigs and poultry, updated European legislation will come into force in 2021 which will require that “at least 30% of the feed shall come from the farm itself or, if this is not feasible or such feed is not available, shall be produced in cooperation with other organic or in-conversion production units and feed operators using feed and feed material from the same region.” (Regulation EU, 2018). Achieving diets containing 100% organic feed for monogastrics is problematic, and current EU Regulations acknowledge this difficulty by allowing the use of 5% non-organic feed. However, this will cease when the updated legislation comes into force. Senior Livestock Researcher Lindsay Whistancereports on progress being made by the OK-Net EcoFeed project to address the issues.
EPrint Type: | Newspaper or magazine article |
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Keywords: | OK-Net EcoFeed, feeding, organic farm animals, home-grown feedstuffs, regionally-sourced feedstuffs, 100% organic feed, EU Regulation |
Subjects: | Animal husbandry > Feeding and growth Animal husbandry > Production systems > Pigs Knowledge management > Education, extension and communication Animal husbandry > Production systems > Poultry |
Research affiliation: | European Union > Horizon 2020 > OK-Net EcoFeed UK > Organic Research Centre (ORC) |
Related Links: | https://organic-farmknowledge.org/ |
Deposited By: | Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, FiBL |
ID Code: | 37132 |
Deposited On: | 29 Jan 2020 11:32 |
Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2020 11:32 |
Document Language: | English |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Not peer-reviewed |
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