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The European Commission has adopted its first-ever Livestock Strategy alongside a comprehensive Protein Action Plan, aiming to lift the EU's self-sufficient protein share to 35% over the next decade. While European feed federations FEFAC and FEFANA welcome the dual framework, they urge policymakers to expand their strategic focus toward critical vulnerabilities in specialty feed ingredients and micro-ingredients.

Global modelling predicts $39.94 billion annual losses from heat stress by the end of the century under a high emissions scenario, but with heat stress already having the potential to cost $1.5 billion annually in the US dairy sector, what can Europe do as it faces similar losses in yield, fertility, feed efficiency and health that are expected with rising Temperature Humidity Index (THI).

Amid escalating concerns regarding environmental sustainability in dairy farming, a yeast probiotic has been launched.