Happy Animals, Happy Farmers - Pig Producer · Dr. Martin C.Th. Scholten & Dr. Hans Spoolder . What...
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Happy Animals, Happy Farmers Dr. Martin C.Th. Scholten & Dr. Hans Spoolder
Transcript of Happy Animals, Happy Farmers - Pig Producer · Dr. Martin C.Th. Scholten & Dr. Hans Spoolder . What...
Happy Animals,
Happy Farmers
Dr. Martin C.Th. Scholten
& Dr. Hans Spoolder
What I will tell you
WHY MODERN PRECISION FARMING FOSTERS CAREFUL LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
Livestock Farming with Care
Blaming, Framing, Naming or Aiming?
New: Smart Animal Welfare
Credibility of Good Welfare Care
@mcthscholten
My Background
Wageningen
University & Research
Ranked World #1 in AgroFood Sciences Ranked World #2 in Animal Sciences
My Concept: Livestock Farming with Care
M.C.Th. Scholten, I.J.M. de Boer, B. Gremmen, C. Lokhorst; Livestock Farming with Care: towards sustainable production of animal-source food
NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, Volume 66, November 2013, Pages 3–5
Sustainable Nutrition Security
Healthy Food
Sustainable Production
No Sustainability without Animals
Maximum production of human edible proteins per hectare of land without depletion of productivity
and biodiversity
Potential Impact of Resource Efficiency
But only Sustainability with Happy Animals
Robust Animals
Efficient Animals
Productive Animals
How to make Animals Happy?
Secure Good Care
Respect Animal Integrity
Give Room for Adapting
Provide a Good Start
Precise and Sharp Observations
Early Diagnostics
Customized Interventions
Animal Welfare: Input or Output Control?
Directives Performance
• Benchmarks
• Surveillance
• Iceberg Indicators
• Regulations
• Standards
• Requirements
On Paper In Practice
Blaming, Framing, Naming or Aiming?
Blaming: Campaigning to Shame
Framing: Regulating within Legislation
Naming: Labelling to Select
Aiming: 24/7 Observing & Recording
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Brussels, 19.1.2012
COM(2012) 6 final
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
COMMITTEE
on the European Union Strategy for the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2012-2015
(Text with EEA relevance)
{SEC(2012) 55 final}
{SEC(2012) 56 final}
Dealing with Politics
Public Demands
Well-feeling vs. Welfare
Efficiency vs. Welfare
One Issue Policies
Environment vs. Welfare
Welfare Regulations vs. Welfare Innovations
Welfare Issues related to Cattle
Grazing?
Dehorning?
Calf with Cow?
Longevity?
Amazing Grazing?
Grazing Management
Breed Feed
Breed Soil
Economics
Health
Welfare
Nutrition
Breed
Soil & Gras
Welfare Issues related to Pigs
Bio Industry?
Detailing and castration?
Grub & Chew?
Piglets mortality
Tails: Enriched Barn & Social Breeds
1 intact 2 hear loss 3 bite marks 4 wounds
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Barren
Enriched
Good Animal Care: Preventive Strategies
In a World full of Disruptive Technologies
Animal Based Measures
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Good
housing
Good
feedin
g
Appropriate
behaviourG
ood
health
Expressing social
behaviour
Good human-animal relationship
Expressing other
behaviour
Thirst
Thermal
comfortComfort around resting
Ease of movement
No disease
Positive emotional state
Hunger
No injuries
No painful management
procedures
Four principles and 12 criteria
Absence of
prolonged thirst
Absence of prolonged hunger
Comfort around resting
Ease of movement
No painful management
procedures
Positive emotional state
Good human-animal relationship
Expressing other
behaviour
Expressing social
behaviour
Absence of
prolonged thirst
From Consumer to Farmer
Precision Livestock Farming is Supportive
Farmer’s Connection and Adoption for PLF
Demonstrate the proven benefits
Use reliable instruments
Training is needed
Demonstration farms as ‘lighthouses’
PLF does not replace Farmer “Remember you don’t grow 1000 pigs, but 1000 times 1 pig”
“Dedicate the PLF work to a technical person, and let animal oriented stockmen focus on the barn”
Smart Farming for Europe
A concerted Journey of Improvement
Science
Innovation Centres
Show Case Farms
On Farm Technologies
1 2 0 3 4
Photos: Butterworth and De Jong
Post Harvest Technologies
Foot pad lesions
Video image
at slaughter
1 2 0 3 4
Photos: Butterworth and De Jong
Post Harvest Technologies
Foot pad lesions
Video image
at slaughter
Skin Sores
Disruptive Business Models
PLF as Service: Service Provider buys from Technology Provider
PLF data as a Product for:
● Suppliers (Feed, Breed, Veterinary Sectors),
● Buyers (Abattoirs, Retailers),
● Scientists
“ABM’s are the ‘bit coin’ of animal welfare”
Technology in Food Production?
Open Innovation needs Adaptive Regulation
INNOVATION
REGULATION
Credibility of Animal Welfare Care
Happy Farmers
Happy Consumers
Food Integrity
One Health
Climate Smart
Return of Investments in Animal Welfare?
Ask: Robert Hoste
