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Innovation Magazine 2018 Innovation Award – Silver | 1 Innovation Magazine 2018 Innovation Award EuroTier • 1 Gold medal • 25 Silver medals • 250 Company innovations Digital Animal Farming • EuroTier Special • DLG-Agrifuture Insights Tested by DLG experts • Technology and Farm Inputs • Current Test Results www.eurotier.com | facebook.com/eurotier 2 | Editorial Content Stimuli for animal husbandry worldwide EuroTier 2018: The political, social and economic framework conditions Orientation for worldwide confront animal farmers with challenges both nationally and livestock farming 3 internationally. Innovations are a key to successfully combin- ing productivity and animal welfare with information manage- ment and sustainable handling of natural resources. I Main theme: n their striving to produce answers to topical questions, these „Digital Animal Farming“ 5 innovations combine creative drive and technical knowhow with knowledge of the significance of new technologies – and all this in an increasingly digitally interlinked world. DLG-Agrifuture Insights: This year too, EuroTier is once again the principal marketplace for these innova- Innovations in Animal tions. As the world’s leading trade fair, it presents the largest innovations market in Husbandry – Priorities of the fields of process engineering, farm inputs, management and software, animal Dairy Cattle and Pig Farmers 6 housing facilities, as well as animal housing and barn construction for the entire professional animal husbandry sector. The large number of interesting further devel- opments and essential improvements of known products impressively document the fact that the tasks facing the industry are being tackled with innovative and techno- Big Data is revolutionising logical capability. animal husbandry: Deep insights into practical Sustainable and forward-looking agriculture needs scope for innovations. application 8 The “Innovation Award EuroTier 2018” offers the right platform for this. This year 250 innovations competed for the world’s leading innovations award. One innovation has won a Gold Medal and another 25 have won a Silver Medal. This is convincing evidence of the trailblazing significance of international animal husbandry Trade fair special: technology. Route planner for the future 9 This year there will be a premiere - the Animal Welfare Award is being introduced jointly by the German Association of Practising Veterinarians (bpt) and the German Agricultural Society (DLG). This special award highlights innovations that cater in particular to the requirements of a higher animal welfare standard. Leading in innovation: Innovation Award EuroTier 10 I would like to congratulate all award winners on their success. Hubertus Paetow Innovations and trends: President of DLG e.V. Digitising and networking of the value chain becomes increasingly important 12 Award winners 2018: Company innovations in Gold und Silver 14 PUBLISHING DETAILS Published by: DLG e. V., Eschborner Landstr. 122, 60489 Frankfurt/M., www.DLG.org Editorial Board: Guido Oppenhäuser, Agnes Gajdzinski DLG-Test Center Technology Editors: Guido Oppenhäuser, Agnes Gajdzinski, Dr. Frank Volz, Sven Häuser, Dietrich Holler, Dr. Lothar Hövelmann, Dieter Mirbach, Dr. Achim Schaffner, Swen Busse, Rainer Winter and Farm Inputs: From Experts tested quality 29 Photos: DLG, www.fotolia.de, Bildmaterial Preisträger Innovation Award EuroTier Graphics: Petra Sarow, München EuroTier | 3 INFO EuroTier 2018 13 to 16 November 2018 Hanover Fairgrounds Opening times: daily from 9.00 am to 6.00 pm www.eurotier.com facebook.com/eurotier EuroTier 2018 Orientation for worldwide livestock farming EuroTier is the world’s leading trade fair for animal production. This year, over 2,600 exhibitors from 62 countries will be presenting their new and advanced developments at the trade fair grounds in Hanover. They will be showing modern animal husbandry in all of its facets. EuroTier is the most important future programme to supplement what is on offer combine productivity and animal welfare forum concerning professional animal from the exhibitors this year. This will in- as well as the sustainable use of natural husbandry. Technical trends and all im- clude international specialist conferences resources. To achieve this, farmers need portant questions pertaining to modern and events concerning current trends and easily usable know-how and efficiently animal husbandry and animal breeding important industry developments. networked technologies. are traditionally shown and dealt with here. Together with partners from the fields of Special “Digital Animal Farming” This year’s EuroTier, presented under the industry, science and consulting, as well heading “Digital Animal Farming”, will as associations and organisations, DLG will An increasingly digitally networked world be showing the latest animal husbandry again be presenting an extensive technical offers new possibilities to successfully developments. The special “Digital Animal INFO EuroTier is more international than ever. An increasing number of exhibi- tors are from foreign countries: 1,528 companies (58.8 percent), more than ever before. The majority of foreign exhibitors are from China (259). Second place is taken by the Nether- lands (209 companies), followed by France (128), Italy (122), Spain (86), Denmark (75), the United Kingdom (61), Austria (56), Turkey (53), Belgium (52), Poland (52), Cana- da (31) and the USA (31). Exhibitors from countries such as Morocco, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Paraguay and Uruguay will be taking part for the first time. 4 | EuroTier Farming” for animal species across the NETWORK EUROTIER – MADE BY DLG board will deal with questions of digitisa- tion of production processes in the barn and on the farm. Whether in production monitoring, animal health and welfare, the nutrient balance or transparency to the customer: equal consideration can be given to the needs of animals, the environment, farmers and consumers through the use of sensors and targeted data management. By networking sys- tems and technologies during operation, management can be simplified and errors can be avoided. Top-class international technical programme At the world’s leading trade fair DLG brings exhibitors and visitors together and Thanks to its top-class technical pro- matches them perfectly. As an international showcase for topics, trends and gramme with a variety of international strategies, EuroTier provides orientation and impetus, serving as the Innovations events such as congresses, workshops Show for technologies and products and as a successful business marketplace. With and forums, EuroTier is considered to be its network of trade fairs and events, EuroTier is the leading partner for agriculture. THE future forum for professional animal And with the superscript DLG trademark, the exhibitions display a brand name husbandry. Technical trends and all im- guaranteeing quality – Made by DLG. portant questions pertaining to modern animal husbandry and animal breeding www.DLG-Messen.de are traditionally shown and dealt with here. A special show initiated by the Chambers of Agriculture, the State In- ness, science and practical experts will cattle breeding genetics in Europe. At stitutes and DLG, will deal with “Full be tackling current aspects of particular “TopTierTreff” in Hall 11, leading Ger- Pig Husbandry Concepts for Farms”. The interest to livestock owners regarding man and international breeding organi- aim is to drive new husbandry concepts husbandry, feeding or the acceptance of sations and companies will be showing forwards. keeping methods in the general populace. their breeding animals. They will be using this unique platform to present their top This year will focus on pig fattening. In “TopTierTreff”: genetics to a high-ranking audience of the special show, experts will explain sty top cattle breeding genetics international experts. “TopTierTreff” will models developed specifically for EuroTi- therefore once again be one of the main er. The special show can be found in Hall Robust and long-lived cows are one of attractions for domestic and foreign cattle 16, Stand C36. Each day, selected topics the most important prerequisites for vi- producers. Each day, presentations will from cattle, pig and poultry production able dairy cattle farming. Beef genetics take place there in German, as well as will be dealt with in greater detail in the is therefore becoming increasingly im- in English and Russian at certain times. EuroTier forums (cattle Hall 12, pigs Hall portant. This year, EuroTier will once The very best breeding animals will be 16 and poultry Hall 17). Consulting, busi- again offer a unique overview of top on show. EuroTier | 5 Main theme “Digital Animal Farming” Probably no innovation is currently occupying agriculture as massively as digitization, and accordingly it is being discussed intensively. What is needed are progressive concepts that are adapted to the variety of locations and strengthen competition. Digitization will play a leading role here. It also helps to rearrange production processes as well as supply and value chains. Robots, sensors, data cloud, horizontal For managers and their employees, consumers. Inextricably linked to the le- and vertical networked management sys- “a sufficient affinity to modern IT is in- gitimate and achievable requirement for tems already support farmers in their dai- dispensable”. How digitization pays off transparency is the question of who knows ly care for the health, fertility and welfare in animal husbandry is,
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