The aim of the survey was to find out which climate and environmental protection measures the participating farmers have already implemented or are planning to implement in their company.
It is surprising that more than half of the respondents do not consider the use of manure for biogas and therefore energy production as significant. In view of the amount of manure produced during bull fattening, a combination of bull fattening and biogas plant would actually make sense.
In contrast, the majority of bull fatteners are already using or planning to use photovoltaics to generate their own electricity.
Emission-reducing application and processing technology for manure is also of interest to bull fatteners, not only in view of stricter requirements. This measure is already being implemented by 30% of respondents and is planned by a further 43%.
More than half of the participating farms have already reduced feed losses, particularly with coarse feed, and a further 35% are planning to do so.
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DLG-Agrifuture Insights is the DLG knowledge brand and platform for international trend analyses in the agricultural sector. It examines the business environment in agriculture in Germany and worldwide. For this purpose, farmers and people from agribusiness, science and consulting are surveyed annually on their assessments of the economic situation and development of agricultural businesses, as well as technology trends and innovations in the individual business sectors. A total of 3,336 people took part in the current survey in winter 2023/24, around 1,300 of them from abroad.