The 69th Public Annual Meeting of the European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC) will take place on May 29, 2025 at the prestigious Villa Aurelia, on the crest of the Janiculum Hill, in the heart of Rome. The federation has unveiled the opening of early bird registration.
FEFAC, the European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation, has announced that the early bird registrations for the 69th FEFAC Public Annual Meeting on 29 May 2025 are now open. This year’s main theme is “New EU vision for more competitive and sustainable livestock economy & outlook on transatlantic green feed trade”.
This year, registered participants will have the opportunity to attend the FAO-FEFAC workshop, titled “FAO and European Feed Sector Perspective for the Uptake of Sustainable, Safe, and More Circular Feed Solutions for the Transformation of European Livestock and Aquaculture Farms,” which will be held at the FAO Headquarters in Rome.
The draft event programme (draft programme) of 69th FEFAC Public Annual Meeting on 29 May 2025 is available. This year’s event will be held in person in Rome, Italy, and runs from 08:30 – 13:30 CET.
The newly elected COPA President Massimiliano Giansanti who to set the scene for the panels’ interventions, as well. During the event, there will be high-level expert panel sessions moderated by Andrea Bertaglio, Environmental Journalist, and Anton van den Brink, FEFAC Deputy Secretary General. Two-panel sessions with International experts and key value chain partners among which the European Commission among which for the first time Flavio Coturni, DG TRADE, European Dairy Association (EDA), European Livestock Voice (ELV), COCERAL, USSEC, CIARA-CEC, ABIOVE will explore the EU’s vision for competitive and sustainable livestock and aquaculture, emphasizing innovations like circular feed ingredients to enhance the livestock sector’s contribution to the bioeconomy, as well as transatlantic green feed trade, highlighting the challenges and opportunities of EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) implementation.
FEFAC President Pedro Cordero commented on the event: “The European feed & livestock sector continues to dedicate itself to the objectives of the FEFAC Sustainability Charter 2030. Despite geopolitical tensions and challenges to free trade, it is important to remain proactive and explore the opportunities for sustainable trade, capitalising on the investments of compound feed manufacturers in innovative animal nutrition solutions to enhance the resilience and competitiveness of the EU livestock and aquaculture sectors.”
