The present Ordinance introduces some amendments to the Ordinance on the protection of animals kept for farming purposes of 25 October 2001 (BGBl. I p. 2758). In particular, it adds some definition of terms to article 2. Furthermore, it adds article 13a on soil conservation, and article 13b on animal keeping, as well as chapter 4 relating to keeping of pigs. The text consists of 2 articles.