Denmark

Denmark to renew BAT requirements for livestock farming

Animal welfare

The timetable for the update is set in two years, after the academic project that is analyzing data in the last 8 years is going to be finished.

Posted on Jan 24 ,09:18

Danish researchers have started updating the professional basis of the BAT requirements for livestock farming. The update was promised during the preparation of the Animal Husbandry Act, according to the Ministry of Environment and Food.
Animal husbandry in Denmark must comply with the requirements for best available techniques (BAT). The BAT requirements affect which types of farms and environmental technologies the individual livestock farms can choose between when they want to establish, expand or change their production.

The overall academic basis behind the BAT requirements dates from 2011 and is based, among other things, on knowledge about the farmers' costs of establishing and operating the individual types of farms and technologies and on knowledge about the environmental effects of farm types and technologies. After a number of years, it is time to update the foundation with the latest knowledge on the development of economics, technology and the environment. Below, the EU BAT conclusions on pigs and poultry will also be included.

The update was agreed during the preparation of the Animal Husbandry Act in 2017. The Minister for the Environment and Food decided to put the project into operation in connection with the adjustment of the BAT requirement for cattle in 2018.

The Ministry of the Environment and Food is a project owner and has set up a follow-up group with relevant parties. Aarhus University and the University of Copenhagen will be responsible for carrying out the academic update with sparring from the industry. Since new academic material must also be prepared, the timetable for the academic project is two years. Then, one or more BAT requirements can be adjusted in the livestock regulation.

Comments

Similar articles