As an umbrella organisation for organised cattle breeding, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Rinderzüchter e.V. (ADR) unites all breeders’ associations and insemination centres active in Germany and almost all embryo transfer facilities for cattle, the regional supervisory bodies, milk testing circles and the computer centre in Verden.

The ADR represents the interests of organised cattle breeding at national and international level and coordinates from inside the areas of breeding, insemination, performance testing and breeding estimation inside. To this can be added topical questions that come up in exchanges with politicians and administrators, other umbrella organisations within agriculture and upstream und downstream sectors.

The Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung, known as the FN for short (from Fédération Equestre Nationale), is the national association for the racing and breeding of horses in Germany. The FN is not only concerned with competition and promoting top-class sport, it is also and above all the umbrella organisation for around 760,000 members in more than 7,100 equestrian associations which perform a wide range of other equestrian tasks.
Coordinating the interests of a total of 27 breeding organisations is another extensive area of the association’s activity for which the FN breeding division is responsible.

The Direktorium für Vollblutzucht und -rennen e.V. (DVR) is the highest administrative centre for the breeding of thoroughbred horses and for horse-racing in Germany. The DVR promotes thoroughbred breeding and supervises racing. It is a recognised breeders’ association within the meaning of the legislation on animal breeding. It is also responsible for generally safeguarding the interests of the turf at national and international level.

As a professional umbrella organisation, the Zentralverband der Deutschen Geflügelwirtschaft e.V. (ZDG) represents the interests of the German poultry industry at national and EU level with regard to political and official as well as professional organisations, the general public and other countries. Its 8,000 or so members are organised into national and regional associations.
The constant intensive collaboration of all areas irrespective of the size of the operation - laying hens, chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, marketing - ensures the association works thoroughly and efficiently. Within the ZDG, common interests are combined with the partners of the poultry industry, including upstream and downstream sectors, with the aim of stabilising the competitiveness of the German poultry industry on a sustainable basis. The trade magazine DGS - Die Geflügelwirtschaft und Schweineproduktion is the official mouthpiece of the ZDG and its affiliated national and regional organisations.

Together with its member associations, the Vereinigung Deutscher Landesschafzuchtverbände (VDL) is the contact point for all topics and questions concerning sheep breeding and farming and products in the sheep industry, not only for sheep farmers, but also for consumers interested in sheep farming. More than 40 breeds of sheep are farmed and bred in Germany.

The Bundesverband Deutscher Ziegenzüchter e.V. (BDZ) is the national and international body representing interests in the field of goat breeding and farming and the production, processing and marketing of goat’s milk. The association organises national shows and is concerned with promoting and supporting breeds of goat threatened by extinction.

As an umbrella organisation, the Deutsche Imkerbund e.V. (DIB) represents the interests of around 90,000 organised beekeepers on all political levels. The aim of the DIB is to promote and spread the keeping of bees, thereby maintaining a species-rich nature through the pollination activities of honey bees on wild and cultivated plants.

With over 17,000 members, the German Agricultural Society (DLG) is one of the leading organisations of the German agro-alimentary industry. The basis and goal of the DLG is the promotion of scientific and technical progress. To do so, it translates its scientific findings into practice. The DLG is a specialist organisation that is open to all, and is politically and financially independent. It maintains a worldwide exchange of knowledge with leading international practitioners and other specialist organisations.

The Vereinigte Tierversicherung Gesellschaft a.G. is the oldest company of the R+V insurance group and the European market leader in animal insurance. It offers live animal insurance and transport insurance for horses and agricultural working animals as well as loss-of-profits insurance for the production of cattle, pigs and poultry.

GGI German Genetics International GmbH is the international marketing organisation for bovine semen of 13 German breeding companies with the emphasis on Holstein and Red Holstein genetics. The company GGI also offers a complete advisory service in relation to cattle breeding and management.

Spermex GmbH, which imports and exports frozen animal sperm, is an amalgamation of 9 insemination organisations from southern and eastern Germany. It places particular emphasis on the dominant species in the area in which its insemination organisations are active, namely German Fleckvieh, Brown Swiss and some beef breeds.

Messe Berlin GmbH is a service company which organises and implements regional, national and international trade fairs, exhibitions and conferences as well as other events. With its international programme of trade fairs and more than 80 of its own events and guest events hosted beneath the Berlin Radio Tower, Messe Berlin ranks as one of the world's top ten exhibition companies. The trade show and convention industry is a key economic factor in the Berlin-Brandenburg area.

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