DataWatt, an odometer, tachometer and wattmeter for horses DataWatt is a device that calculates in real time the power developed by a working hitch. To calculate this power, the speed of travel must be measured. To measure this speed, you need to measure the distance you are travelling. To measure this distance, you can walk alongside the hitch or attach the device directly to the implement being used, depending on the options available This measurement is carried out using an encoder wheel...

FECTU General Meeting at PferdeStark 2025 The FECTU General Meeting (AGM) has always been held in the spring. Since the IGZ agreed to host this year's meeting, PferdeStark was chosen as the venue. On Friday evening, before the start of the trade fair and competitions, the new president of FECTU, Michaela Taubländer, welcomed members from Germany, Denmark, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, Lithuania, Spain, France, and Great Britain. After the obituary for founding member and former FECTU vice...

In 2022 Wencke Bellmann from Germany decided to turn her life upside-down: She sold nearly everything she had, bought two german draft-horses and a tiny-house on wheels, to live a life on the road. After two years of this traveller-life, when she went through northern Germany, she is going to give impressions in a webinar of how her new life feels like. She will give informations about travelling with hoof-shoes, ultra-light harnesses and the daily organisation of her life with two horses and a...

Dansk Køre Forbund - The Danish Driving Federation hosted the FECTU AGM in 2024. Representatives of the organizations "IG Arbeitspferde" from Switzerland, "ÖIPK" from Austria, "Lithuanian Draft Horse Breeders Association" from Lithuania and the "British Horse Loggers" from Great Britain were present at the open-air museum Hjerl Hede in Vinderup. New elections were held at this year's General Assembly. The current president Joao Rodriguez from Portugal and long-term president Pit Schlechter...

FECTU Webinar with Francesca Compostella Welfare regulation: A black and white affair? Exploring 50 shades of welfare. A discussion of the impact of welfare regulations in developing countries.

FECTU Webinar with Sofia Ramos: Draft horse common problems Sofia performed several externships abroad (UK, USA, Belgium) before qualifing from UTAD, Portugal in 2013. After one year working in a mix practice (2014-2015) she did an internship in equine medicine and surgery in Belgium (DeMorette). Straight afterwards the internship she moved to the University of Pretoria as equine surgery assistant. In 2017 she moved back to her homeland and developed research in equine orthopedic disease as...

From 26th - 28th of August the European logging championship took place in Liebenfels in Carinthia (Austria)

Save the date for the next Webinar: on Wednesday the 27 July 2022 at 18.00 CET Ariadna Nieto Espinet and Ada Torra Burgués will talk about the CENTAURO project: Here is the link for the zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86292664953?pwd=Zjcrb0pDVUtQMUdsVDhpWm9GK25nUT09

The webinar will take place on the 9th of June, 6 pm CET. Here is the link for the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84993343589?pwd=MnprWkJzVmxiWU55RjE3eUFseFJOZz09 Speaker: Sofia Ramos Sofia performed several externships abroad (UK, USA, Belgium) before qualifing from UTAD, Portugal in 2013. After one year working in a mix practice (2014-2015) she did an internship in equine medicine and surgery in Belgium (DeMorette). Straight afterwards the internship she moved to the University of...