A total of over 50 feed components are imported into Switzerland. The most important components are, in order of quantitative importance, soya, wheat, hay, lucerne, fodder beet and maize. In addition to feed soya, the Soya Network sets requirements for sustainable procurement for wheat, barley, oats, broken rice, maize gluten and dextrose.

From the 2021 harvest, importers will only procure feed grain that has been produced without synthetic ripening acceleration. From 2022, only broken rice with a sustainability certificate will be used as livestock feed. And from 2025 corn gluten and from 2027 dextrose will either come from European cultivation or, in the case of increased risk (overseas), from certified cultivation. You can find out more about additional animal feed in our fact sheet and in the current annual report.