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Revised Animal Breeding Ordinance: Focus on breeding programmes

With the final votes of the 2023 summer session, Parliament has adopted Agricultural Policy 22+ – including the complete revision of the Animal Breeding Ordinance. As reported by *Der Schweizer Bauer*, the revised ordinance places the breeding programmes of the breeding organisations at the centre of support: Whilst these programmes are to remain ‘largely free’ in their design, they must adhere to clear guidelines regarding economic viability, product quality, animal health, resource efficiency and the environment – and, in future, be based increasingly on scientifically recognised methods.

This development is of direct relevance to the recognition of breeding programmes such as that of the HPT (Haflinger Horse Breeding Association of Tyrol) – and thus to our dispute with the FOAG.

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