Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sept 2025 | Elisabeth Werner Director-General | ATF Vision and Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda | — |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Elisabeth Werner Director-General | ATF Vision and Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda | SRC |
| 25 Jul 2024 | Pedro MOIA Cabinet member | Meeting with Animal Task Force (ATF) representatives to present their platform, the work being developed, and their future events | — |
| 25 Jul 2024 | Pedro MOIA Cabinet member | Meeting with Animal Task Force (ATF) representatives to present their platform, the work being developed, and their future events | SRC |
| 24 Oct 2023 | Lukas Visek Cabinet member | Methane from livestock | — |
| 24 Oct 2023 | Lukas Visek Cabinet member | Methane from livestock | SRC |
| 13 Jan 2021 | Wolfgang Burtscher Director-General | Presentation of the upcoming ATF Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda | SRC |
| 13 Jan 2021 | Wolfgang Burtscher Director-General | Presentation of the upcoming ATF Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda | — |
| 13 Nov 2020 | Panayiotis Pourgourides Cabinet member | Exchange of views with the Animal Task Force on Farm to Fork, sustainable livestock systems, latest innovations and scientific finding as well as international partnerships. | — |
| 13 Nov 2020 | Panayiotis Pourgourides Cabinet member | Exchange of views with the Animal Task Force on Farm to Fork, sustainable livestock systems, latest innovations and scientific finding as well as international partnerships. | SRC |
| 04 Nov 2020 | Lukas Visek Cabinet member | Speech on circularity | — |
| 04 Nov 2020 | Lukas Visek Cabinet member | Speech on circularity | SRC |
| 16 Sept 2020 | Wolfgang Burtscher Director-General | Livestock and the Green Deal | SRC |
| 16 Sept 2020 | Wolfgang Burtscher Director-General | Livestock and the Green Deal | — |
| 09 Jun 2020 | Lukas Visek Cabinet member | Sustainable food systems | — |
| 09 Jun 2020 | Lukas Visek Cabinet member | Sustainable food systems | SRC |
| 05 May 2020 | Catherine Geslain-Laneelle Cabinet member | To introduce ATF work and discuss on the Farm to Fork Strategy and how the livestock sector could evolve in the future. | SRC |
| 05 May 2020 | Catherine Geslain-Laneelle Cabinet member | To introduce ATF work and discuss on the Farm to Fork Strategy and how the livestock sector could evolve in the future. | — |
| 29 May 2018 | Tom Tynan Cabinet member | The importance of Research and Innovation (R&I) supporting a sustainable and competitive livestock production sector in Europe | — |
| 29 May 2018 | Tom Tynan Cabinet member | The importance of Research and Innovation (R&I) supporting a sustainable and competitive livestock production sector in Europe | SRC |
| 09 Dec 2014 | Nathalie Chaze Cabinet member | Animal Health | — |
| 09 Dec 2014 | Nathalie Chaze Cabinet member | Animal Health | SRC |
Mission & Goals
The Animal Task Force promotes a sustainable and competitive livestock sector in Europe. We are a knowledge-based organisation working on the forefront of livestock related issues. Our members are representatives from knowledge providers, industry organisations & farmers' organisations and have expertise of every aspect within the livestock value chain; from feeding & breeding to production & processing. We aim to create an integrated approach that is needed to contribute to the environmental & societal challenges our mission involves. Our goals are: - to stress the importance of sustainable livestock production for Europe’s future, promote a positive image of the entire sector; - to act as the leading body of expertise on livestock production, be recognised as such by European institutions, policymakers & industry; - to set a joint European research agenda for the livestock sector; - to provide informed commentary and start a dialogie with EU Directorates on priorities for R&D
EU Legislative Interests
Horizon2020 research and innovation programmes Era-Nets European Innovation Partnership for sustainable agriculture FACCE-JPI Common Agricultural Policy Bioeconomy strategy for Europe SCAR Standing Committee on Agricultural Research Farm to Fork Green Deal Horizon Europe research and innovation programmes
Communication Activities
- Animal Task Force White Paper 2013 - 1rst Addendum to the ATF White paper, Nov. 2014 - Animal Task Force 2nd White Paper 2016 - ATF Vision Paper, January 2019 - ATF-Plants for the Future ETP joint Position Paper, Sept. 2019 - ATF-Plants for the Future ETP Policy Brief, April 2020 - European Technology Platforms representing the Agri & Aqua Food sector call for a more ambitious budget for Horizon Europe, July 2020 - ATF Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda, April 2021 - ATF Policy Brief on What livestock has to offer to biodiversity and healthy soils, Nov.2021 - ATF Policy Brief on Agricultural Methane, July 2023 - ATF Vision Paper, May 2024 - ATF Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda, June 2024 - ATF Policy Brief: "Livestock are more than food", June 2025 Events: - EAAP-ATF Special Session, Tallinn, Estonia, Aug. 28th, 2017 - Animal Task Force 7th seminar, Brussels, Oct.26th, 2017 - EAAP-ATF Special Session, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Aug. 27th, 2018 - Animal Task Force 8th Seminar, Brussels, Nov. 7th, 2018 - ATF-EAAP Special Session, Ghent, Belgium, Aug. 26th, 2019 - 9th ATF Seminar, Brussels, Nov. 6th, 2019 - Fitter Livestock Farming workshop, Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 6th, 2019 - ATF-Plants for the Future ETP webinar, Nov. 4th, 2020 - ATF-EAAP Special Session, remote meeting, Dec. 1st, 2020 - 10th ATF Seminar, remote meeting, April 21st, 2021 - 1st one-day symposium co-organised by ATF and the EAAP Commission on Livestock Farming Systems, Davos, Switzerland + remotely, Aug. 30th, 2021 - 11th ATF Seminar, Brussels, Belgium + remotely, Nov.18th, 2021 - ATF-FEFAC-H2020 projects stakeholder event, Brussels, Belgium + remotely, Nov.18th, 2021 - 2nd one-day symposium co-organised by ATF and the EAAP Commission on Livestock Farming Systems, Porto, Portugal, Sept. 5h, 2022 - 12th ATF Seminar, Brussels, Nov.17th, 2022 - ATF-BAMST symposium: "The role of meat in society: presenting the Dublin Declaration of Scientists", Brussels, April 12th, 2023 - 3rd one-day symposium co-organised by ATF and the EAAP Commission on Livestock Farming Systems, Lyon, France, Aug.28th, 2023 - 13th ATF Seminar, Brussels, Nov.15th, 2023 - 4th one-day symposium co-organised by ATF and the EAAP Commission on Livestock Farming Systems, Florence, Italy, Sept.1st, 2024 - 14th ATF Seminar, Brussels, Nov.20h, 2024 - Joint session with the EAAP Commission on Livestock Farming Systems, Innsbruck, Austria, Aug.25th, 2025 - 15th ATF Seminar, Brussels, Nov.26th, 2025 For past events, see our website: www.animaltaskforce.eu
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Organisation Members
The Animal Task Force is formed by a group of industry representative organisations, knowledge providers and farmers' organisations from all over Europe. Together our members represent 16 different EU member states + Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Norway, Serbia, and several sectors in the animal production chain. For last updates, please see our webpage: http://animaltaskforce.eu/Join-us/Members Industry representative organisations are: - AnimalHealthEurope, - FABRE-TP, - FEFAC - FEFANA, Knowledge providers: - Luke, Finland, - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU, Sweden, - Aarhus University, Denmark, - Polish Academy of Science, Poland, - FBN, Germany, - Wageningen University, Netherlands, - Teagasc, Ireland, - INRAE, France, - INIA-CSIC, Spain, - CREA, Italy, - IAS Institute of Animal Science, Czech Republic, - Agroscope, Switzerland, - BIOS Science Austria, - INIAV, Portugal, - NMBU, Norway, - UK Agri-Tech Centre, UK - University of Ljubljana, Slovenia - Cyprus University of Technology - CRA-W, Belgium - Agricultural University of Athens & Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece - IBNA, Romania - Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania Promoting sustainable and competitive livestock in Europe requires a strong link with European policy and policymakers. We therefore have 8 observers who provide advice and guidance to our work.
Connected Legislation