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CAP Reform – where was the vision? asks AIC
Having seen the Commission proposals for CAP through to 2020, AIC believes the question has to be asked.
Faced with some significant global challenges, clearly set out in the UK Foresight report, the Commission appears to have put national self interest ahead of rising to the challenges offered to EU agriculture, says AIC.
The proposals appear to take us much further away from a credible Common Agricultural Policy and thrust UK agriculture towards being governed by a much wider rural policy. Taking on a funding role more properly managed within other areas of the Commission places agriculture at the whim of a much wider pressure group lobby than has previously been seen and will make it increasingly difficult to remain focussed on the core principles of the CAP.
“We believe the Commission had a real opportunity to deliver a policy and regulatory framework to deliver a sustainable, productive and profitable agricultural sector,” says Paul Rooke, AIC head of policy. “For the UK at least, it seems that opportunity has not so much been missed, as was never even considered. A more realistic approach is needed over the next 12-18 months if we are still to recover something that protects UK production and current levels of self sufficiency – with their added welfare standards that consumers have come to expect from domestic agricultural production.”
80% of Top Pig Nutritionists Believe that 30 Pigs Weaned Per Sow Per Year is Realistic
Performance vs. Profit – Why can’t we have both? This was the question addressed by 110 top industry professionals at Alltech’s Pig Solutions Seminar, held in Alltech’s European Bioscience Centre in Dunboyne, Ireland on the 11th of October 2011. The seminar looked at how drastic changes in the human population, such as Asia’s growing middle class and an extra 200,000 people globally per day will affect the pork industry. Specifically, it focussed on how to adjust existing paradigms to keep up with the new demand for meat while staying profitable.
“A change of focus is required,” said Patrick Charlton, Alltech’s European Regional Director, “70% of the growth in global meat demand will come from Asia. Who will produce this meat? Europe has held its ground in terms of technical development and ability but Brazil and the USA continue to have the lowest cost of production. It’s time for all regions to find the performance-profit balance to be able to provide for this new population dynamic and keep pork as the number 1 global animal protein.”
110 top industry professionals attended the Alltech Pig Solutions Seminar, of those surveyed:
· 80% believe that 30 pigs weaned per sow per year is realistic.
· Opinions were divided over whether the carbon footprint of pork will become increasingly important over the next decade, with 69% agreeing that it will be increasingly important and 20% disagreeing.
· 88% of attendees agree that managing herd health is one of the industry’s biggest challenges.
· In terms of programmed nutrition and metabolic imprinting, 23% think that it will impact greatly on feed efficiency alone and 44% think that it will impact greatly on feed efficiency, pig health and product quality.
· Attendees were divided again on the issue of feed costs, with 57% agreeing that low feed costs are a thing of the past and 35% disagreeing with this statement.
· 35% think that the recent contamination scares in China will result in more stringent regulations enforced on feed suppliers, animal producers and processors.
· 29.5% also think that the contamination scare will make consumers more aware of potential contaminants within the food chain.
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