EuroTier 2018

•••6••• Messewelten EuroTier: Digital Animal Farming New ways for successfully combining productivity and animal welfare E uroTier is the world’s leading trade fair for animal production. This year more than 2,500 exhibitors from 62 countries will be presenting their new and further developments at the Hanover Exhibition Grounds, showing modern animal hus- bandry in all its facets. An increasingly digitally networked world offers new op- portunities for successfully combining productivity and animal welfare, as well as sustainable handling of natural resourc- es. This year’s EuroTier, under the guiding theme “Digital Animal Farming”, is show- ing the latest developments in animal hus- bandry. The cross-species special feature, “Digital Animal Farming”, deals with the topic of digitizing production processes in animal housing and on the farm. Whether in the fields of production monitoring, animal health and animal welfare, the farm nutri- ent balance, or transparency vis-à-vis cus- tomers, through the use of sensors and tar- geted data management it is now possible to give equal consideration to the needs of the animals, the environment, farmers and consumers. Networking of systems and technologies on the farm can simplify man- agement and help to avoid errors. Pig keeping concepts On a dedicated area in Hall 26, the German Agricultural Society (DLG) together with EuroTier exhibitors and consultancy insti- tutions will be presenting relevant exhib- its and providing explanations relating to cattle, pig and poultry farming in the digi- tal age, and will communicate this theme to visitors via short presentations and lec- tures, as well as panel discussions. At a special feature initiated by the Cham- bers of Agriculture, the Regional Offices and State Agencies for Agriculture and DLG, the focus will be on “Whole-farm con- cepts for pig keeping”. The goal is to drive the development of new keeping concepts, and this year attention will focus on pig finishing. At the special feature, located in Hall 16, Stand C36, experts will explain pig housing models developed specifically for EuroTier. Robust cows with a long productive life are among the prime requirements of forward- looking dairy cattle farming. That is why cattle genetics are becoming increasingly important. EuroTier will provide an over- view of Europe’s top cattle breeding ge- netics. Leading German and international breeding organizations and companies will be showing animals they have bred at the “TopTierTreff” in Hall 11, using this one-off platform to present their top genetics to an expert public. Consequently the “Top- TierTreff” will again be one of the attrac- tions for cattle farmers from Germany and abroad. Presentations in German are held daily, at certain times also in English and Russian. EuroTier shows the newest technologies for modern animal husbandry. Photo: DLG Halle 25 Stand-Nr L22