Animal nutrition

What FiBL is doing on this theme
- Group Animal nutrition, Department of Livestock Sciences, FiBL Switzerland
News on the theme
- 08/22/2024 : Duckweed – unknown but full of possibilities? New factsheet for interested parties
- 08/02/2021 : Feeding: Secondary compounds of prime importance
- 07/28/2021 : Soybean processing systems factsheet published
- 06/30/2020 : Video: Feeding insects for organic layers
- 05/05/2020 : Video: Increasing domestic protein supply with intercropping
- 04/28/2020 : Organic Farm Knowledge - A unique resource with tools for farmers across Europe
- 04/14/2020 : New video: Toasting soybeans for feeding laying hens
- 03/14/2019 : New publication on organic animal farming with FiBL input
- 08/09/2018 : ProYoungStock – new research project on sustainable calf rearing
- 12/16/2015 : New study confirms: Global animal production becoming more sustainable by using less concentrate feed
- 05/05/2015 : FiBL report shows organic protein availability and demand
- 09/24/2012 : FiBL contributes to success of Second International Organic Animal Husbandry Conference
- 04/25/2012 : Less concentrate feeding can be done!
Relevant publications for practitioners
Themes/ key words

Publication Language

Year Of Publication

Projects on the theme

Project status

Location/ Department/ Research areas

Themes/ key words

Status	FiBL	Title	Start	End
ongoing	CH	Bridging ecological and socio-economic sciences to enhance our understanding of the interactions between managed and wild bees (SNF Beenergia)	01.01.2025	31.10.2028
ongoing	CH	Duckweed - Circular Economy Potentials (Wasserlinsen Circular Economy)	02.01.2024	31.12.2026
ongoing	CH	Evaluation of premixes	01.01.2024
completed	DE	Wirtschaftlichkeitsanalyse der Pelletierung von Kleegras- und Grünlandschnitt in der Ökomodellregion Rhein-Main	01.08.2023	31.05.2024
ongoing	DE	Circular feeding strategies in organic poultry production (GreenChicken)	01.06.2023	31.05.2027
completed	CH	Milkproduction without food-feed-competition in Germany (GreenpeaceDE-Milch)	01.05.2023	30.10.2023
completed	AT	Carbon footprint of soybean meal from the ATK company	01.09.2022	01.11.2022
ongoing	CH	Facilitating Innovations for Resilient Livestock Farming Systems (Re-Livestock)	01.08.2022	31.07.2027
ongoing	CH	Investigation of the methanogenic potential of different Swiss alpine meadows (Methan Sömmerungsweiden)	01.01.2022	31.12.2025
completed	AT	CO2 Bilanz von Mastschweinen der Marke Berger REGIONAL OPTIMAL verglichen mit einem Szenario mit einer Fütterung von Sojafuttermitteln aus Übersee	01.12.2021	30.04.2022
ongoing	DE	Sustainable and resilient cultivation of insects for an innovative use in feed and food production (reKultI4Food)	01.11.2021	30.04.2025
completed	CH	Roughage in chicken farming - effects on protein utilization/-efficiency in hybrids and dual-purpose breeds	01.09.2021	31.10.2023
completed	AT	Wirkungsanalyse des Dünger- und Futtermittelsystems der BIO AUSTRIA Betriebe - Eine Analyse ökologischer Nachhaltigkeitsleistungen der BIO AUSTRIA Betriebe im Vergleich zur konventionellen Landwirtschaft in Österreich	05.03.2021	10.11.2021
ongoing	CH	New agricultural nutrient flows using water lentils	01.01.2021	31.01.2025
completed	DE	Organic turkey production: Requirement adjusted amino acid and vitamin supply under consideration of genotype, feeding strategy and husbandry conditions	03.03.2020	30.06.2024
completed	AT	Bewertung von THG-Ersparnissen durch den Einsatz von Donau Soja statt importierter Übersee-Soja auf Ebene ausgewählter tierischer Lebensmittelprodukte	01.03.2020	31.12.2021
completed	CH	Maize intercropping for silage (Maïs associé pour ensilage)	01.01.2020	31.12.2023
completed	DE	Development of a certification program for inputs for organic farming (BM_Zert)	01.09.2019	30.06.2023
completed	CH	Legumes Translated (Translating knowledge for legume-based farming for feed and food systems) (Legumes Translated)	01.11.2018	30.04.2022
completed	CH	Replacement of Contentious Inputs in organic farming Systems (RELACS)	01.05.2018	30.04.2022
completed	CH	Organic Knowledge Network on Monogastric Animal Feed (OK-Net EcoFeed)	01.01.2018	31.03.2021
completed	CH	Coop Organic Facts	01.11.2017	30.05.2018
ongoing	CH	Our pig (Development of an alternative pig breed)	01.09.2017	31.12.2030
completed	CH	Efficiency and sustainability of producing and feeding insect-based feedstuff to fish and poultry	01.08.2017	01.03.2020
ongoing	CH	Calf feeding with minimized concentrates	01.07.2017	31.12.2024
completed	AT	Participation project and transfer of knowledge to extended suckling period on organic piglet farms (Verlängerte Säugezeit)	01.06.2017	31.05.2020
completed	CH	Feeding of organic pigs in consideration of fat quality requirements and 100 % organic feeding (Bioschwein100.0)	01.03.2017	31.10.2020
ongoing	CH	Ausnahmebewilligungen für durch den Tierarzt verordnete Futtermittel (Vetpermis)	01.01.2017
completed	DE	Adequate organic feeding of poultry according to their requirements - focus: new sources of riboflavin (vitamin B2)	01.01.2017	31.03.2020
completed	DE	Regionalisation of feedingstuff (ReFuMi)	01.05.2016	30.04.2021
completed	CH	Development of a forb-rich functional feed pellet to improve protein conversion of cows in roughage-based farm systems	01.01.2016	31.12.2019
completed	CH	Roughage-based feeding strategies and nutrient efficiency of Swiss organic dairy farms	01.01.2015	31.12.2017
completed	CH	Determine and optimize the carcass fat quality of organic pigs	01.06.2014	01.06.2016
ongoing	CH	Publication d’articles dans l’AGRI (Journal agricole principal de Suisse romande)	01.01.2013
completed	CH	“Swiss Made” protein: Protein feeds made from indigenous resources for organic poultry and pigs	01.09.2011	31.12.2014
ongoing	CH	Herbal feed supplement – Field trial	01.10.2010
completed	CH	Development of technologies to produce feed proteins on the basis of waste materials from agriculture and the food processing industry (Hermetia)	01.04.2010	31.03.2013
ongoing	CH	Subcontract Feeding	01.01.2002

Overview over all themes and subthemes

Animal nutrition

What FiBL is doing on this theme

News on the theme

Relevant publications for practitioners

Projects on the theme

LOCATIONS

THEMES/PROJECTS

SERVICES

INFO CENTRE

ABOUT US