Value Of the European Breeding Sector

The European breeding sector brings the agricultural sector an estimated added value of about €2 billion per year:

• 40% originating from pig breeding
• 30% originating from cattle breeding
• 15% originating from poultry breeding
• 15% relating to the remaining livestock breeding sector

Market share
The market share of the European breeding industry is different per specie:

• Ruminant breeders: up to 25%
• Pig breeders: up to 25% (75-100% of national market)
• Poultry breeders: laying: 80-95% (75% of global market) - broilers: 35-60%.

Farm animal production in Europe (EU-27, 2010)
Gross production value €130.1 billion:

• Cow milk production - 35% (leading)
  
• Pig meat production - 24% (2nd place)
• Cattle meat production - 18% (3th place)
• Egg production - 17% (3th place)
• Chicken meat production - 16% (3th place)
• Sheep meat production - 14% (3th place)
• Goat meat production - 3% (3th place)

Employment
EU-27 employed, in 2008:

• Over 48 million persons in the food production chain - in over about 17 million different holdings/enterprises - 81.8% of these holding were active in agriculture.

R&D investment

• Under the FP7 research funding the EU invested 2% of the budget on research in agriculture. This was €1.9 billion over 2007-2013. 
  
• Under the Horizon 2020 budget 5% will be spend on food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy - this will be €3851 million over 2014-2020.
  
• On top of this amount, there is invested nationally in research. 
• Private investments in R&D are made;