Landwirtschaft

Clear flexibility in parasite treatments, which should be replaced by antibiotic treatments, i.e. the 48-hour waiting period for eggs should be removed. This would significantly contribute to animal welfare. Pullets should be sufficiently mature before entering the open air. I doubt whether pullets need an open-air area before they are grown.

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A complete grazing obligation for all groups of animals without exception is not feasible for every organic holding. In our example, with 30 dairy cows plus rearing, the cows have a generous open-air area and daily green fodder. Cattle have access to grazing areas at all times during the growing season. However, the grazing area is not sufficient for all groups of animals.

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Ladies and gentlemen,it should be possible for organic farms in the EU to manage their own organic products and not forcing them to eliminate or conventionally continue to manage their animals because of the grazing requirement (all animals on pasture). Farms that have been organic for decades now have to stop now because they do not bring all animals to pasture!

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For organic pig farming: The terms currently used, such as indoor area, outdoor area, open air area and net area, lead to unnecessary complexity in consulting, planning and checking. Nor do they meet the natural needs of pigs. Modern rearing systems, which divide the minimum total area into functional areas, provide better conditions for pigs and improve animal welfare.

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Compulsory grazing for all groups of animals in cattle must be abolished. The free-range housing with open-air areas has so far been compliant and the construction of the house has been supported by EU funds at the farm level. Account must be taken of regional circumstances, e.g. the small division in Bavaria/Franken. Organic farming must not be reduced to the performance of grazing.

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1. Pig farming: Place the weaned piglets for the weight section up to 20 kg, half of the space required = 0.5 m² per animal. Justification: The small piglets do not heat up the previously demanded berthing area and are above each other in order to heat themselves, as well as boiling the too large lying area and making the air in the house very poor.

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Coverage to improve the welfare of organic pigs and better N-circulation while preserving the open-air nature Theme: Annex II, Part II, 1.6. Housing and husbandry practices, 1.6.5: Open-air areas may be partially covered. [...] Proposal for improvement: The entire Part II of Annex II should be separated into rules for individual livestock species.

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Please find enclosed my opinion on the simplification of the EU Organic Regulation for organic poultry farming. We are poultry faters. 1. Open-air area: The planned provision for a grassed open-air area from the first day does not correspond to the physiologishcen condition of the animals of a very young age.

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If something is good, you can let it be good. In this case, chicks for fattening must be pulled up to day 28 in a closed and protected area. Until the animals have a feather clamp, thus ignoring wind and weather. In addition, and this is not to be ignored, these animals are exposed by weight and size to a significantly smaller hazard from birds of prey or even predators.

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I am in favour of simplification of controls under the EC Organic Regulation. A kind of bonus for holdings which come from checks free of defects will only be subject to an EC Organic Regulation check by the certification body after two or three years.

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Opinion on the simplification of the EU Organic Regulation for organic poultry farming 1. In future, in accordance with the Organic Regulation, grassed open air areas should be provided at each organic poultry house for pre-breeding, even if the animals are not yet able to use it physiologically.

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Too rigid rules for 170N upper limit. The soil characteristics of intensity are not taken into account. In addition, the measurement site density in the measurement procedures are not uniformly regulated in the EU, resulting in very different results between the Länder, which are difficult to compare

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Ladies and gentlemen, I am a BIO pigmaster and have been renouncing the use of feed from conventional agriculture since 2015. The piglets I have been buying since then have also been fed 100 % feed from organic farming. It works! For a transitional period, I was able to accept the use of protein feed from conventive agriculture, but the transitional period has long since expired!

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