The EuroTier and EnergyDecentral 2024 trade fairs that took place in Hanover, Germany, from November 12-15, have made a strong impression, providing relevant key drivers for business in the global livestock farming and energy sectors. The world's leading trade fair for professional livestock farming and the leading trade fair for decentralized energy hosted 2,193 exhibitors from 51 countries with the latest solutions and technologies for the livestock and the renewable energy sector.
Around 120,000 investment-ready visitors from 149 countries took advantage of the international industry meeting place, underlining the leading role of both trade fairs for animal welfare, sustainability, digitalization and AI. The trade fairs offered more than 500 professional events and conferences. Exhibitors and visitors expressed high satisfaction.
Under the guiding theme “We innovate animal farming”, EuroTier 2024 provided strong drivers for the national and international livestock farming industry. With its broad exhibition and technical program, the DLG (German Agricultural Society) as organizer presented technical innovations that combine productivity, animal welfare and sustainability - from digitalization, robotics and AI to modern solutions for animal housing and health management. Complementing EuroTier, EnergyDecentral offered technologies relating to solar energy, biogas and biofuels, while the new “Inhouse Farming - Feed & Food Show” highlighted new approaches in feed and food production.
“EuroTier and EnergyDecentral 2024 have impressively demonstrated how the drive for innovation and productivity can go hand in hand. Here in Hanover, we have seen an array of forward-looking solutions for animal husbandry and renewable energies that promote competitiveness, on the one hand, and animal welfare and sustainability, on the other. In times of global challenges, this year’s trade fairs have proven that the industry is making the right adjustments and that our exhibitors have the right answers to the entrepreneurial challenges facing the industry,” said Freya von Czettritz, CEO of DLG Holding GmbH.
High level of satisfaction among trade visitors from Germany and abroad
“Visitors were extremely satisfied with the range of exhibits and the technical program at EuroTier, EnergyDecentral and Inhouse Farming Feed & Food Show and the specialist topics. This was confirmed by 95% in the on-site visitor survey. Particular interest was noted in the topics of management and feeding technology, milking and cooling technology, animal housing and hall construction, feed and genetics as well as current offers for decentralized energy production and alternative feed and food production,” said Ines Rathke, project manager of EuroTier.
Some 42% of visitors came from outside Germany, including many from Austria, Belgium, China, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey. Buyer groups from the Middle East and Asia looking for technical solutions were also noted. More than 60 registered delegations included representatives from Canada, Iceland, Mexico, Thailand, Ukraine, and the UK. Representatives from governments and agricultural ministries were also in attendance: The agricultural ministries of the Philippines, Moldova, the State of Nebraska, the UK, and Vietnam, among others.
In addition, 600 journalists from 46 countries used EuroTier and EnergyDecentral to explore the latest trends and innovations.
The next EuroTier, EnergyDecentral and Inhouse Farming Feed & Food Show will take place in Hanover, Germany, from November 10-13, 2026. More than 700 companies have already registered as exhibitors for the next event.
