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Animal welfare & housing

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- 03/07/2025 : Join the discussion on the future of animal husbandry at the IAHA Conference 2026
- 03/19/2024 : SchweinErleben: How wild are domestic pigs?
- 09/29/2023 : Updated technical guide gives practical tips on cow-reared calf husbandry
- 06/07/2023 : On-farm slaughter – less stress, more animal welfare
- 05/24/2022 : Survey: Livestock husbandry and ecosystem services
- 02/16/2022 : Results of the Core Organic Cofund project POWER summarised in a handbook
- 11/11/2021 : Livestock-based food systems need to become more sustainable
- 05/31/2021 : New project to integrate crops, shrubs and livestock in the African Sahel
- 02/24/2021 : New reference document on organic production principles and good practice
- 09/30/2020 : Successful international video conference "Organic Animal Husbandry Systems – Challenges, Performance and Potentials"
- 05/28/2020 : Farm and pasture slaughtering for improved animal welfare
- 05/22/2020 : Italian and Polish guides on mother-bonded and fostered calf-rearing published
- 05/19/2020 : Albanian and Serbian guides on pig health and welfare published
- 04/28/2020 : Organic Farm Knowledge - A unique resource with tools for farmers across Europe
- 04/22/2020 : Video: Pig feeding – effect of silage on the occurrence of gastric ulcers
- 04/30/2019 : Silage can help improve health of fattening pigs
- 03/14/2019 : New publication on organic animal farming with FiBL input
- 08/09/2018 : ProYoungStock – new research project on sustainable calf rearing
- 05/15/2018 : MIX-ENABLE - new research project about sustainable livestock farming
- 11/07/2017 : Pre-conference on animal husbandry at the 19th Organic World Congress in India
- 09/08/2017 : Video: Tail biting in pigs - causes and prevention
- 09/26/2016 : Why cows have horns. A new basic guide sheds light on the issue
- 09/23/2016 : New advisory tool on animal-friendly pig husbandry in Africa
- 03/24/2016 : Video: Improving health and welfare of organic dairy cows
- 08/24/2015 : New printed farm handbook for organic pig producers
- 02/23/2015 : Technical guide on mother-bonded and fostered calf rearing in dairy farming
- 09/24/2012 : FiBL contributes to success of Second International Organic Animal Husbandry Conference
- 04/26/2012 : Gently handling young calves makes tender meat
- 04/25/2012 : Less concentrate feeding can be done!
- 04/20/2012 : Second World Conference on Organic Beekeeping: a week for the bees, the environment, and society
- 10/10/2011 : New technical guide: Organic pig production in Europe
- 03/02/2011 : Organic beekeeping and market trends: Presentation at BioFach
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Status	FiBL	Title	Start	End
ongoing	CH	Human-animal relationship and communication practices with cattle (HARC)	01.01.2025	30.06.2026
ongoing	CH	Good grunting	01.12.2024	31.12.2027
ongoing	FR	Improving the valorisation of organic dairy calves (VALOV’BIO)	01.10.2024	31.12.2027
ongoing	CH	Networking and advice on-farm slaughter	01.07.2024	30.06.2026
ongoing	CH	All chicks live: Information on phasing out male chick killing	26.03.2024	31.12.2025
ongoing	CH FR	Lambs from dairy sheep	01.01.2024	31.12.2026
ongoing	CH	Milk quality in Cow-calf contact systems	01.01.2024	31.12.2026
ongoing	CH	Agrivoltaic (AgriSolar Forschung)	02.10.2023	31.12.2025
ongoing	DE	Circular feeding strategies in organic poultry production (GreenChicken)	01.06.2023	31.05.2027
ongoing	CH	Abandoning of male chick-killing in Swiss organic egg production (Biohahn)	01.05.2023	31.12.2025
ongoing	CH	Text book on pig husbandry	10.04.2023	31.12.2025
ongoing	CH	Natural insect protection for grazing animals in agroforestry systems	01.04.2023	31.03.2026
ongoing	FR	Study and promotion of rearing practices for young dairy cattle, sheep and goats with an adult (PANAS’LAIT)	01.01.2023	31.12.2025
ongoing	DE	Organic field days 2025	01.01.2023	30.08.2025
ongoing	CH	Pigs experience	01.09.2022	01.10.2026
ongoing	CH	Our pig (Development of an alternative pig breed)	01.09.2017	31.12.2030
ongoing	CH	Monitoring of horse parasites	01.04.2017
ongoing	CH	Albert Koechlin Stiftung: Promoting regional organic farming and animal welfare	01.03.2017
ongoing	CH	Ausnahmebewilligungen für durch den Tierarzt verordnete Futtermittel (Vetpermis)	01.01.2017
ongoing	CH	Lectures biodynamic school Rheinau	01.01.2015
ongoing	CH	Unterricht SHI Homöopathie Schule (Unterricht SHI Homöopathie Schule)	09.04.2014
ongoing	CH	Impact of farm, transport, and stunning procedure on stress-related parameters in pigs (Transport und Schlachtung)	01.10.2013
ongoing	CH	Publication d’articles dans l’AGRI (Journal agricole principal de Suisse romande)	01.01.2013
ongoing	CH	Mother-bonded and fostered calf rearing (MAgKa)	01.10.2011
ongoing	CH	Safeguarding traditional knowledge of livestock treatment with medicinal plants and natural substances	01.06.2010

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