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What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text
From · plenary report· 13 Apr 2026
on how to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases?
To · adopted text· 30 Apr 2026
How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases?
AI:What changed, in short
The versions differ only in formal points: decimal separators are changed from points to commas in several statistics. One substantive addition calls for incentivising extensive and grass-based livestock farming under the CAP.1234
1 change of substance · 6 formal · 0 of wording only
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Changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations and punctuation-only edits are left out; they are under “Every difference”.
Changes of substance · 1
Change 7 Substance
AI summary:Adds a paragraph calling for the incentivisation of extensive and grass-based livestock farming, particularly under the CAP.
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Added:28. Calls for the incentivisation of extensive and grass-based livestock farming, particularly under the CAP;
6 formal changes: legal basis, citations, references, corrections
Change 1 Formal
AI summary:Replaces decimal points with commas in the figure for the value of livestock production.
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Changed:A. whereas the livestock sector has long been an essential pillar of EU agriculture, especially in rural areas, and contributes significantly and uniquely to a substantial share of the EU’s economy; whereas the value of livestock production and products amounted to EUR 214.3214,3 billion in 2023, representing 40 % of the EU’s total agricultural output that year, and whereas the profitability and sustainability of plant production is dependent on resilient animal production;
Change 2 Formal
AI summary:Replaces decimal points with commas in the figure for the share of mixed and specialised livestock farms.
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Changed:E. whereas livestock farming is of crucial importance for many European regions, most of which are at risk of depopulation; whereas 58 % of European farms keep animals; whereas mixed and specialised livestock farms account for 40.940,9 % of European farms, and European livestock farms employ around four million people (salaried and non-salaried); whereas over the past 20 years, the EU lost 37 % of its farmers, and farmers’ income decreased by 12 % per hectare;
Change 3 Formal
AI summary:Replaces decimal point with comma in the estimated number of poultry birds.
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Changed:K. whereas in 2023, the EU had 133 million pigs, 74 million bovine animals, 58 million sheep, 11 million goats and an estimated 1.631,63 billion poultry birds;
Change 4 Formal
AI summary:Replaces decimal point with comma in the figure for EU meat production.
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Changed:L. whereas the EU produced 40.740,7 million tonnes of meat in 2023, comprised of pig meat (50 %), poultry meat (32 %), beef meat (15 %) and sheep and goat meat (1 %);
Change 5 Formal
AI summary:Replaces decimal point with comma in the figure for EU net exports of animal products.
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Changed:N. whereas EU net exports of animal products have risen more than threefold since 2000 and reached EUR 37.837,8 billion in 2024 (excluding intra-community trade) in a context where global demand for meat, dairy products and eggs is expected to increase by 25 to 50 % by 2050, according to the latest FAO scenarios;
Change 6 Formal
AI summary:Replaces decimal points with commas in the percentages for declines in livestock populations.
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Changed:V. whereas livestock populations have declined over the past decade, with Eurostat statistics showing a decline, over the period 2014-2024, of 8.18,1 % for pigs, 8.78,7 % for bovine animals, especially over the past four years, 9.49,4 % for sheep and 16.316,3 % for goats; whereas the only exception is in the poultry sector, where populations have increased;