EuroTier 2026 Opens in Hannover With Focus on Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence

EuroTier 2026, the world's leading trade fair for professional livestock farming, opened in Hannover, Germany, on 10 November and runs until 13 November. The EnergyDecentral fair on energy generation is being held at the same venue at the same time. The event is organised by the DLG, the German Agricultural Society. This year's main themes are digitalisation, automation and artificial intelligence (AI). Livestock farmers face growing economic pressure, and the fair aims to show how modern technology can make farms more efficient and better prepared for the future.

What is on offer

The focus is on digital solutions for daily work in the barn. Exhibitors present innovations in barn technology, feeding, milking systems, forage harvesting, slurry technology and logistics. The digital control and networking of the different systems plays a central role.

Programme on the first day

Pig farming is covered in halls 15, 16 and 17. At 10:30 on the stage in hall 17, a talk examines whether claw health can influence the reproductive performance of sows. It is followed by a presentation on light and lighting in livestock farming, and later talks on fattening pigs with intact tails, mobile slaughter, vaccination and water supply.

Cattle farming occupies halls 11 to 13, and partly halls 15 and 27. At 10:30 in hall 13, visitors can see how a barn is converted to an automatic milking system, while in hall 11 there is information on barn climate management. At 12:00 a talk covers the use of rumen-protected lysine. Live animal presentations are also held through the day in hall 11.

Poultry farming is located in hall 17 this year. Talks begin there at 10:00, and at 11:00 a session on the digital poultry house looks at how AI can help predict bird weight. Further talks address feeding and animal welfare.