EU Livestock Workstream

Overview

The livestock workstream was launched by Commissioner Hansen on 8 May 2025 as part of the Vision for Agriculture and Food

Purpose

It takes the form of a series of meetings gathering stakeholders, Member States, civil society and academics aiming to:

• Explore policy pathways for a competitive, future-proof, sustainable and fair livestock sector in the EU.
• Build and sustain a strong culture of dialogue, trust and multi-stakeholder participation, across the sector
• Analyse the sector’s challenges, including global competition
• Advise the Commission in the preparation of policy initiatives affecting livestock.

Membership

Members of the workstream are part of two existing expert groups: the Civil Dialogue Group on Animal Production and the Expert Group on the Common Market Organisation. They represent stakeholders from across the sector, civil society and Member States’ authorities and will invite ad hoc speakers from academia.

Register of Commission expert groups and other similar entities

Meetings

The expert group is meeting as follows:

• 27 May 2025 (Agenda)
• 23 October 2025
• 11 December 2025