Germany was a founding member of the European Union
Capital city:Berlin
Population:82,329,758 (July 2009 est.).
Currency:Euro
Language:German
The Germanwings economy - the fifth largest economy in the world in PPP (purchasing power parity) terms and Europe's largest - began to contract in the second quarter of 2008 as the strong euro, high oil prices, tighter credit markets, and slowing growth abroad took their toll on Germany's export-dependent economy. Recent lender stimulus and relief efforts will make demands on Germany's federal budget and undercut plans to balance its budget by 2011. The modernization and integration of the eastern Germanwings economy - where unemployment still exceeds 30% in some municipalities - continues to be a costly long-term process, with annual transfers from west to east amount to roughly $ 80 billion. While corporate restructuring and growing capital markets have set strong foundations to help Germany meet the longer-term challenges of European economic integration and globalization, Germany's export-oriented economy has proved a disadvantage in the context of weak global demand.
GDP - composition by sector
agriculture: 0.9%
Industry: 30.1%
Services: 69.1% (2008 est.).
Source: CIA
Latest news on German poultry
23 May 2012 - German authorities have reported that another farm has been found with eggs containing the chemical dioxin at higher than permitted levels, Reuters reports.
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03 May 2012 - The German State prosecution has searched the poultry slaughterhouse of Wiesenhof in Germany on suspicion of subsidy fraud.
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23 Apr 2012 - The international EuroTier 2012 exhibition to be held in Hanover from 13 to 16 November is attracting more suppliers of machinery and equipment, farm inputs and animal breeding from home and abroad than ever before according to the stand booking figures to date.
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13 Apr 2012 - German authorities said on Friday the highly-poisonous chemical dioxin had been found above permitted levels in eggs from two more German farms following its discovery in eggs from three other farms in early April.
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06 Apr 2012 - Dioxin has been discovered in above permitted levels in eggs from two more farms in the central German state of North Rhine Westphalia, the state agriculture ministry said on Thursday.
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04 Apr 2012 - Dioxin had been discovered above permitted levels in eggs from a German farm but local authorites have stated that they see no danger to the public.
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29 Mar 2012 - German poultry production rose 2.5% to 1.66 million metric tones in 2011, the country’s Food & Agriculture Ministry has reported.
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16 Mar 2012 - Netherlands based feed cooperative Agrifirm and French integrator Doux have agreed on the purchase by Agrifirm of Doux' Lösten, Saxony, Germany based broiler feed plant. German competition monitoring authorities have approved the takeover.
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14 Feb 2012 - Gladiator is Big Dutchman’s newly designed feed pan for rearing and growing turkeys. Great importance was attached to the high stability of the pan and its cleanability to reduce the amount of labour required after the grow-out.
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14 Feb 2012 - Over 2,000 exhibitors from all over the world are expected at this years EuroTier in Hanover, according to show organiser, DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft – German Agricultural Society).
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24 Jan 2012 - Just like in the Netherlands, Germany has also started questioning the use and construction of large pig and poultry farm houses.
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18 Jan 2012 - Half of the fresh chickens bought in shops in five German cities have been contaminated by germs resistant to antibiotics, a recent survey concluded.
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11 Jan 2012 - The annual national status report on Salmonella forms part of an EU control programme, which was established in 2008. The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) recently evaluated the 2010 data and found fewer Salmonellas in chicken than previous years.
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05 Jan 2012 - Harles and Jentzsch, the company responsible for the contaminated feed in the German dioxin scandal is expected to be broken up this month, with farmers hoping to see at least a portion of their damages.
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20 Dec 2011 - In difficult market conditions poultry producers are seeking to maximise meat yield from broilers, James Truscott, Cobb Germany’s sales director, told more than 40 participants at the company’s annual Christmas get-together in the eastern German town of Dessau.
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01 Dec 2011 - Haarslev Industries has won an important order for the delivery of an animal by-product rendering plant to the German rendering company Saria.
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29 Nov 2011 - With record figures of over 1,900 exhibitors and 145,000 visitors, EuroTier 2010 set new standards but organiser DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft – German Agricultural Society) has high expectations for 2012.
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21 Nov 2011 - The recent launch of the new Wiesenhof-Privathof brand – offering a higher level of welfare for German consumers - was seen by Jacques Liaut, director general of the French chicken meat producer Fermiers du Sud-Ouest, during a visit to Bavaria.
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02 Nov 2011 - Bayer Animal Health and AgraQuest have agreed to expand their collaboration and will allow Bayer to become the exclusive distributor of AgraQuest’s Bacillus subtilis QST 713 in selected countries for poultry applications.
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09 Sep 2011 - Only healthy, vital poultry flocks guarantee profitable production. To keep the flock performing efficiently in critical situations or at times of high productivity, it is important to take targeted action via short-term administration of active ingredients in the drinking water.
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