Bio Weide-Beef: organic pastured beef cattle
Eric Meili,
FiBL Advisory Service, Beat
Bapst, FiBL Animal Husbandry Breeding Division, Toralf
Richter, FiBL Socio-economic Division and Hubertus
Hertzberg, FiBL Veterinary Parasitology.
Sponsors): Migros.
Purpose
A multi-disciplinary study to assess the current situation of
organic pastured beef cattle through a strengths/weaknesses analysis.
Methods
This multi-faceted program encompasses two consumer surveys, site
visits to Migros to check meat presentation and staff knowledge
of the program, calculation of the economic impact of converting
from dairy to organic pastured beef and research on parasites in
organic cattle.
Results
The outcomes thus far have resulted in the development of a training
program for Migros butchers, publication of an information leaflet
for farmers who are considering program participation, and stable
high prices for the slaughter animals.
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