Farm Europe warmly welcomes today’s adoption by the European Parliament of the report by MEP Carlo Fidanza on “How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases?”.
This vote represents a significant step forward in promoting a resilient, competitive, sustainable and diverse EU livestock sector.
Farm Europe particularly stresses the report’s call to bring back production as a core policy orientation, taking into account the diversity of our models and the ambition to keep production all across the EU, considering as well livestock contribution to the environment and rural economy. The focus on performance by fully optimising the positive benefits of livestock farming and on investments to prepare for the future should also be a core political orientation to be reflected in the upcoming EU livestock strategy. .
The decline in production and decapitalization is not irreversible; rather, these trends must be reversed. The sector should be recognised for its role in providing healthy, balanced nutrition and for its environmental contributions, including pasture management, while also being supported in reducing emissions through targeted investments in genetics, nutrition, infrastructure, and the use of effluents for biogas and biofertilizer production.
This strong endorsement from the European Parliament establishes a solid foundation for the Livestock Strategy that the European Commission is set to unveil on 7th July 2026.
The EU must remove economic and regulatory barriers to revive investment in livestock farming through a comprehensive plan that enables large-scale modernization of the sector, implements a genuine decarbonization strategy, promotes genetic improvement, and encourages quality initiatives that meet consumer expectations.
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