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Denmark

Use of antibiotics in pigs on the rise in Denmark

Published 6 September 2024

– By Editorial Staff

Photo: TheAnimalDay.org/CC BY 2.0

Due to the poor living conditions of animals, antibiotics are widely used in animal husbandry in many countries.

The total consumption of antibiotics in Danish pig production has increased in 2023, according to a report from the Danish Food Institute.

The consumption of antibiotics is measured in kilograms of active substance sold and used on Danish farms, and this is the second year in a row that antibiotic consumption has increased.

This is mainly due to an increase in the use of antibiotics in the form of neomycin and apramycin for the treatment of weaning diarrhea in piglets, according to the report from the National Food Institute.

Previously, medicinal zinc was used in the EU to treat diarrhea in piglets, but this has now been banned. The reason for the ban was that too much zinc was getting onto fields through manure.

The number of pigs for slaughter has decreased in Denmark, but the production of piglets has increased, which is also thought to be the reason for the increased use.

However, the use of antibiotics has decreased for adult cattle in the country, but increased for calves.

In Sweden, on the other hand, the use of antibiotics continues to decrease in all animal production, according to agricultural trade magazine Lantbruksnytt.

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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/denmark/reports-denmark-considers-increasing-us-control-over-greenland/

Denmark

Reports: Denmark considers increasing US control over Greenland

Published yesterday 12:57

– By Editorial Staff

Montage. Photo: Palácio do Planalto/CC BY 2.0, Oliver Schauf

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland's largest community Nuuk.

According to Axios, Denmark has contacted President-elect Donald Trump’s staff to discuss a possible expansion of the US military presence in Greenland.

According to insider sources, Copenhagen has also expressed a desire to avoid public conflict with Trump and sought clarification on his recent statements that Greenland should belong to the US.

Trump recently attracted attention when he suggested that the US should acquire the self-governing Arctic island from Denmark. He described the ownership of Greenland as an “absolute necessity” for US national security and would not rule out the use of military and economic pressure against Denmark to enforce his demands. However, the actual details of how his administration would try to convince Denmark to cede control of Greenland are scarce.

The Danish government has made it clear that Greenland is not for sale, but according to Axios, it has also signaled a willingness “to discuss any other US request regarding the island”.

The US has had a military presence in Greenland since World War II and still operates a military base in the northwestern part of the island under a defense agreement with Denmark. The agreement also allows the US to establish additional military facilities, and during the Cold War the island was an important location for US infrastructure to provide early warning of incoming ballistic missiles.

“For the the Greenlandic people”

Both Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenlandic leader Mute Egede have expressed opposition to Trump’s idea of buying the island. At the same time, Denmark’s Prime Minister confirmed earlier this week that she proposed negotiations with Trump’s staff with the aim of “strengthening the security of the Western alliance”.

Egede, in turn, has stressed Greenland’s commitment to independence but opened up to continued cooperation with the US.

– Greenland is for the Greenlandic people. We do not want to be Danish, we do not want to be American, he stated at a recent press conference, but also promised that the island will continue to cooperate with the US on security issues.

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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/denmark/danish-municipality-phases-out-turbo-chickens/

Denmark

Danish municipality phases out turbo chickens

Published 19 December 2024

– By Editorial Staff

Photo: iStock/Dany Kurniawan

In Aalborg, the city council has decided to phase out so-called turbo chickens, i.e. fast-growing hybrids bred in the food industry. This means that they will no longer be served in municipal canteens.

Turbo chickens grow to 50 times their original size in just one month before being slaughtered. Due to health concerns such as diseases, movement disorders and high mortality rates, there has long been an ethical debate about raising this type of chicken, especially in Sweden.

The municipality of Aalborg in Denmark has now decided to stop serving these fast-growing chickens in its canteens. The issue has been controversial, but the city council finally managed to reach a consensus. According to Daniel Nybo Andersen of the Danish Liberal Party, who proposed the phase-out, it is crucial that the change is not too costly for either citizens or the municipality.

– The consensus is that we can keep it within the budget, he told Danish state broadcaster DR.

However, Mikael Simonsen of the Liberal Alliance, who initially opposed the proposal, expressed doubts about whether the phase-out is economically sustainable.

– There is a reason why you produce turbo chickens. It’s because they’re cheaper, so I’ll certainly be keeping a close eye on it to make sure that it doesn’t become more expensive for citizens or the municipality, and that it doesn’t create more bureaucracy for employees, he says.

The poultry industry has previously been highlighted, including in Sweden, for significant shortcomings in animal welfare. Last year, severe misery was uncovered at a chicken factory owned by the company Kronfågel, where chickens were found eating each other, among other issues.

According to a December report by Djurens Rätt, Sweden’s largest animal welfare organization, one in four Swedish municipalities is ready to take advantage of this opportunity and eliminate turbo chickens from their next procurement.

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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/denmark/one-third-of-danes-use-ai/

Denmark

One third of Danes use AI

Published 13 December 2024

– By Editorial Staff

Photo: Solen Feyissa/Unsplash

Denmark is experiencing something of an "AI boom".

In Denmark, more than a third of citizens use artificial intelligence, according to a new report. Most Danes use AI at work.

For the first time in the country, Statistics Denmark analyzes the use of AI, in a report on IT use in society. The results show that 36% of citizens aged 16 to 74 say they use generative AI tools.

These tools, of which ChatGPT is one example, allow users to generate text, images and other data. Of those who use AI, four in ten say they use it for educational purposes, while almost half use it at work.

Six out of ten use AI for leisure purposes.

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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/denmark/danish-farmers-forced-to-pay-carbon-tax/

Denmark

Danish farmers forced to pay carbon tax

The exaggerated climate crisis

Published 20 November 2024

– By Editorial Staff

Photo: Lars Plougmann/CC BY-SA 2.0

Danish farmers will initially have to pay DKK 300 per ton of carbon dioxide emitted - a sum that will rise sharply by 2035.

By 2030, Denmark will be the first country in the world to introduce a carbon tax on agriculture.

The Danish government has agreed on a new deal to make Denmark “green”, including reducing nitrogen emissions from agriculture by 13 780 tonnes per year.

Under the new carbon tax, farmers will pay DKK 300 per tonne of carbon dioxide emitted, rising to DKK 750 per tonne by 2035. The tax will be combined with a 60% basic deduction.

– We will be the first country in the world to introduce a carbon tax on agriculture, says the country’s climate and energy minister Lars Aagaard, according to TT.

The tax will be based on emissions from fertiliser management and also from livestock digestion. Furthermore, ten per cent of Denmark’s area is to be converted to nature and forest by 2045.

The Danish government also expects Sweden and Germany to contribute to achieving the nitrogen emission reduction targets. Among other things, it proposes common environmental rules for the Baltic Sea.

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