The company CowSignals provides excellent training workshops to farmers on cattle behaviour, barn design and management. Their company slogan is "Happy Cow, Happy farmer" and they have a passion to improve the lives of dairy cattle, but also help the farmer enjoy his work more and earn more, so that everyone benefits. We were invited by CowSignals to give a talk to their … [Read more...] about EonA speaks at CowSignal training workshop for dairy farmers
Our inspections
Meeting “Pick” pig slaughterhouse, Hungary
This morning we met with the Deputy CEO and PR of Bonafarm and Head of Quality Management and Food Safety at the slaughterplant Pick, which is under the umbrella food group of Bonafarm. The current Pick pig plant in Szeged will soon close and they will build a larger brand new slaughterhouse. Currently they use a very old CO2 system, where animals are stunned by CO2 only 1 … [Read more...] about Meeting “Pick” pig slaughterhouse, Hungary
Inspection of cattle transports passing through Hungary to Turkey
This morning the EonA/AWF team observed the departure of three trucks carrying the German pregnant heifers that had been unloaded at the Vet Express control post near the Hungarian/Romanian border for the required 24-hour rest yesterday. All 3 trucks were being transported by the Hungarian transport company ko-Kavics. The cattle's final destination is near Konya, Turkey - … [Read more...] about Inspection of cattle transports passing through Hungary to Turkey
Inspection of livestock trucks near Hungarian/Romanian border
Today the EonA/AWF team worked with the border police and official veterinarians to check on livestock trucks both passing through the border between Hungary and Romania and at the two control posts in the area. We were pleased to find conditions all OK and within the legal norms today. A truck from the Hungarian company Bozso Lazlo, transporting pregnant heifers from … [Read more...] about Inspection of livestock trucks near Hungarian/Romanian border
Meeting with Hunland, Hungary
Hunland is a large animal transport and export company. Their main office is in Hungary where they also have a huge farm. Here cattle (Hungarian and from abroad) are fattened and many are then exported to countries like Turkey, Russia, Egypt, Israel etc... The purpose of our meeting was to exchange ideas and info about current trade routes. We showed them what … [Read more...] about Meeting with Hunland, Hungary