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La viande des races porcines robustes comme la Berkshire est réputée délicieuse, mais il faut du travail d’information pour faire savoir qu’il y a porc et porc.

Das Fleisch von Robustrassen wie den Berkshire gilt als Delikatesse. Doch es braucht Überzeugungsarbeit, um zu vermitteln: Schwein ist nicht gleich Schwein.

Ce guide résume les résultats du projet international POWER du Core Organic Cofund, qui vise à améliorer la santé et le bien-être des porcs biologiques tout en réduisant l'empreinte environnementale des systèmes d'élevage. Il propose des stratégies basées sur les connaissances actuelles pour concevoir et gérer les aires de sortie, des porcelets et améliorer la santé des animaux. Les meilleures pratiques et des exemples innovants de toute l'Europe sont présentés pour inspirer et faciliter le développement d'une production porcine biologique économiquement compétitive, durable et résiliente.

Il manuale riassume i risultati del progetto POWER (benessere animale e resilienza nell'allevamento di suini biologici) del Core Organic Cofund. L'obiettivo di questo progetto di ricerca internazionale era quello di migliorare la salute e il benessere animale dei suini biologici riducendo al contempo l'impronta ambientale dei sistemi di stabulazione. Il progetto fornisce strategie basate sulla conoscenza per la progettazione e la gestione delle stalle a pavimento, nonché misure per ridurre la mortalità dei suinetti e migliorare la salute degli animali. Esempi di pratiche migliori e innovative provenienti da tutta Europa ispireranno l'ulteriore sviluppo di sistemi di allevamento di suini biologici economicamente competitivi, resistenti e sostenibili.

Am Ende eines jeden Nutztierlebens steht die Schlachtung. Damit dieser letzte Abschnitt möglichst stressfrei geschehen kann, entscheiden sich immer mehr LandwirtInnen, ihre Tiere direkt auf dem Hof zu töten. Anders als bei Rindern existiert zur Hoftötung von Schweinen und kleinen Wiederkäuern aber noch wenig Wissen.

The factsheet covers the most important aspects of growing organic sugar beets. The focus is on regulatory measures against weeds, diseases and pests. The economic conditions of cultivation are discussed as well as the processing options for organic sugar beets. It also provides extensive information about the existing advice available from various bodies and industry representatives.

On this best practice farm in Switzerland organic pregnant sows have year-round access to pasture and wallows whenever the soil is dry enough to prevent soil damage. This publication presents pasture management and costs as well as the Core Organic Cofund project POWER’s assessment of productivity, animal welfare and environmental impact of this farm.

On this best practice farm in Switzerland organic pregnant and young sows have access to pasture in the evening whenever the weather conditions are favorable. This publication presents pasture management and costs as well as the Core Organic Cofund project POWER’s assessment of productivity, animal welfare and environmental impact of this farm.

The handbook summarizes the results of the Core Organic Cofund project POWER, aiming to increase animal health and welfare of organic pigs while reducing the environmental footprint of the farming systems. It provides a common toolbox of knowledge-based strategies for designing and managing concrete outdoor runs, reducing piglet mortality and health problems and improving system resilience and sustainability. Best practices and innovative examples from across Europe are presented to inspire and facilitate the continuous development of an economically competitive production, which meets the principles of organic farming. The target group are organic pig farmers, but conventional pig farmers can also gain insights from the material.

This innovative organic farm in Switzerland uses Berkshire breeding sows and boars and mobile outdoor huts to keep their pigs outdoors year-round. This publication presents pasture management and costs as well as the Core Organic Cofund project POWER’s assessment of productivity, animal welfare and environmental impact of this farm.

The organic farm “Silberdistel” in Switzerland invented a self-contained mobile pigsty, to fatten pigs on permanent grassland, while protecting the soil and maintaining the grass cover. This publication presents pasture management and costs as well as the Core Organic Cofund project POWER’s assessment of productivity, animal welfare and environmental impact of this farm.

Das Handbuch fasst die Ergebnisse des Core Organic Cofund-Projekts POWER (Tierwohl und Resilienz in der Bioschweinehaltung) zusammen. Das Ziel dieses internationalen Forschungsprojekts war, die Tiergesundheit und das Wohlbefinden von Bioschweinen zu verbessern und gleichzeitig den ökologischen Fußabdruck der Haltungssysteme zu verringern. Es bietet wissensbasierte Strategien für die Gestaltung und das Management planbefestigter Ausläufe, sowie Massnahmen, um die Ferkelsterblichkeit zu verringern und die Tiergesundheit zu verbessern. Vorbildliche und innovative Praxisbeispiele aus ganz Europa sollen zur Weiterentwicklung von wirtschaftlich wettbewerbsfähigen, widerstandsfähigen und nachhaltigen Bioschweinehaltungssystemen inspirieren.

International researchers and organic producers collaborated to develop a handbook to improve animal welfare and health of organic pigs while reducing the environmental footprint of farming systems. This manual is now available in Swedish and presents selected methods for Swedish housing conditions.

Dank dem einfach fahrbaren „Saukaravan“ von Lena und Cäsar Bürgi können Schweine bodenschonend auch auf Dauergrünland gehalten werden. Diese und weitere Innovationen aus verschiedenen europäischen Ländern wurden innerhalb des Projekts POWER untersucht. Erfahren Sie hier mehr über das System der Bürgis.

In many European countries, organic pigs are housed indoors with a concrete outdoor run. However, previous results have shown that combined systems with indoor housing and access to pasture have some advantages concerning animal welfare and environmental impact compared to sole indoor systems. These combined systems vary considerably across countries. Some farmers have only specific age categories on pasture, some provide limited access and others developed new approaches to management or infrastructure. The goal of this study, which is part of the CORE Organic Cofund POWER project, was to analyse specific innovations in combined systems for weaners, fatteners and sows in Denmark, Italy and Switzerland. For example, the selected innovations comprise a self-constructed mobile pen on a trailer, which is large enough to keep the pigs on the trailer if the weather does not allow them to use the pasture. Another example was a mobile pen that can be moved, including the attached fences. Moreover, farms with innovative management practices were included, like the alternating use of grassland, cropland and forest. The selected farms have been visited four times between summer 2019 and autumn 2020. Trained observers assessed individual animal health and welfare status according to a common protocol. Indicators were, for example, species-specific behaviour, lesions, lameness or body condition score. Farmers provided extensive data regarding farm management, feed production, housing etc., to analyse the different systems and identify their strength and weaknesses. The farmers' experiences, the collected data and analysis of the different innovative systems were summarised in factsheets to use this knowledge for advising other farms. These factsheets can help to diversify and improve such combined systems.

Schlaue Bauern und Bäuerinnen machen in Dänemark, Italien und in der Schweiz die Schweine froh. Das Projekt POWER zeigt Vor- und Nachteile ihrer kreativen Haltungssysteme.

Au Danemark, en Italie et en Suisse, des paysannes et paysans astucieux veillent au bonheur des cochons. Exemples de systèmes créatifs avec leurs avantages et leurs inconvénients.

The factsheet informs readers about what free-range pig production is, the best choice for location, infrastructure, suitable breeds, feeding and pasture management, animal health, costs and workload, and legal requirements. Key features required for successful free-range pig production are highlighted, advantages and disadvantages of management techniques are examined, and specific measures to prevent and treat animal diseases. Finally, links and contact for further information is provided, in the case of further questions or interest. The target users of this tool are Swiss organic or transitioning organic farmers and farm advisors.

The Swiss pork industry is dominated by a short list of breeds. They show good performances in breeding and fattening combined with a good meat quality and a high lean meat percentage in intensive production systems, but they also need a high input of resources. Today there is no breed that fits for Swiss farms that want to practice an alternative kind of pork production. For this kind of production system there is a breed needed, that is well adapted to outdoor conditions and that that can be fed with low quality feed as by-products and still show good performances. The project called Unser Hausschwein (Our Pig) has the goal to breed a fitting breed for these kinds of farms. This paper contains the information and documents that are needed to start the breeding project such as breeding plans, protocols, breeding goals and the criteria to select the breeding animals. The piglets form the first litter are documented till weaning. Genotype and environment influence the phenotype. Characteristic and attributes are inherited with different heritability and the performances affect each other., In der Schweizer Schweineproduktion dominieren wenige Rassen den Markt. Diese zeigen zwar in intensiven Haltungssystemen hohe Mast- und Zuchtleistungen, sowie gute Fleischqualität, und einen hohen Magerfleischanteil, benötigen aber einen hohen Input an Ressourcen. Für Schweizer Betriebe, welche eine alternative Schweinehaltung anstreben, fehlt eine Schweinerasse, die für die Freilandhaltung geeignet ist und auch mit weniger hochwertigem Futter, gute Leistungen zeigt. Das Projekt Unser Hausschwein möchte eine entsprechende Rasse für Schweizer Landwirtschaftsbetriebe züchten und diese Arbeit liefert die Basis für den Beginn der Zuchtarbeit. Sie enthält den Anpaarungsplan und weiterführende Zuchtstrategien, Protokolle zur Datenerhebung, ausformulierte Zuchtziele und Kriterien für die Weiterzucht und es werden Ferkel der ersten Anpaarung bis zum Absetzen dokumentiert. Genotyp und Umwelt beeinflussen den Phänotyp. Merkmale und Eigenschaften werden mit unterschiedlicher Heritabilität vererbt und die verschiedenen Leistungen beeinflussen sich gegenseitig.

Das Merkblatt erläutert, wie die Haltung von Schweinen auf der Weide die Anforderungen an das Tierwohl und den Umweltschutz erfüllen und auch arbeitswirtschaftlich und ökonomisch erfolgreich sein kann.

La scorsa primavera e estate Kagfreiland ha sperimentato una conigliera mobile. I conigli si sono mostrati riconoscenti e hanno ripagato con buona salute e elevati tassi di crescita.

In diesem Frühling und Sommer testete Kagfreiland einen mobilen Kaninchenstall. Die Kaninchen dankten es mit guter Gesundheit und hohen Zuwachsraten.

Mit dem mobilen Schweinestall der Familie Bürgi wird die Weide zum Campingplatz für Schweine.