EDF Congress 2014

EDF Congress 2014
EDF  A club of farmers for farmers
Main congress partner:
EDF  A club of farmers for farmers
Media partners:
Congress partners:
Tradition meets market:
Milk production with new possibilities
Event partners:
25-27 June 2014, Winterthur, Switzerland
Main EDF agribusiness partners:
EDF agribusiness partners:
More agribusiness partners supporting EDF:
AGROVISION B.V., Deventer, NL
InterPuls, Albinea, IT
INVIVO NSA, Vannes, France
Lemmer-Fullwood Lohmar, D
ADHEO 109/CER, FR
www.dairyfarmer.net
Accommodation: Delegates have to book their own accommodation. The EDF 2014 conference
fee does not include accommodation costs. Hotel rooms have been reserved for delegates of
the EDF Congress, and must be booked not later than 30 April 2014. Please see form enclosed.
Arriving and departing by plane: EDF 2014 delegates should make their own travel arrangement to the congress venue. Shuttle service from the airports will not be provided.
Flight-in options are: (1) Zurich Airport: Take the train from the airport which leaves 6 times
every hour. The train ride takes 20 min. (2) Geneva Airport: Take the train from the airport
which leaves 2 times every hour. The train ride takes 3 hours and 30 min. See timetable at:
http://fahrplan.sbb.ch/bin/query.exe/en
Arriving and departing by train: The congress venue is in 10 minutes walking distance
from the railway station. There is also the public bus Nr. from “Hauptbahnhof” to
“Stadthaus” For more detailed information have a look on the map in this brochure.
Arriving by car: Parking in Winterthur is expensive and limited. Please check with your
hotel for parking possibilities.
Convention venue and hotels (incl. accessibility):
1 Congress Center, Kongress- und Kirchgemeindehaus
Liebestrasse, Liebestrasse 3
2 Hotel Ibis, Brühlbergstrasse 7, Bus: No. 1 from Loki
to Stadthaus
3 Hotel Krone, Marktgasse 49, by foot: 6 min.
4 Hotel Wartmann, Rudolfstrasse 15, by foot: 10 min, Bus:
No. 3 from Hauptbahnhof to Stadthaus
5 Park Hotel, Stadthausstrasse 4, by foot: 5 min.
6 Hotel Banana City, Schaffhauserstrasse 8, by foot: 8 min.
General Information:
Convention venue: The congress takes place in Kongress– und Kirchgemeindehaus
Liebestrasse, Liebestrasse 3, 8400 Winterthur, Tel.: +41 52 212 12 47,
Fax: +41 52 212 89 01, Email: [email protected], Website: www.liebestrasse.ch
Congress office: Mr. DIETER MIRBACH, European Dairy Farmers, Eschborner Landstrasse
122, 60489 Frankfurt, Germany, Phone: +49 69 24788 312, Fax: +49 69 24788 114, EMail: [email protected], Website: www.dairyfarmer.net
Conference coordinator on behalf of EDF: Mr. IVO WEGMANN, Phone: +41 79 401 04 79,
E-Mail: [email protected]
Registration and registration fee: Conference attendance fees are listed on the
registration form “CONFERENCE REGISTRATION” attached to this invitation. All
delegates are kindly requested to fill in the registration form and to return it by fax or
post or as pdf-attachment by E-Mail to Mr. DIETER MIRBACH in the EDF congress office
(see address above) in Frankfurt am Main before 30 April 2014. For online registration
go to: http://www.dairyfarmer.net/reg_cong2014.html
Cancellation: For cancellation before 10 May 2014 a charge of 20 % of the conference
fee will apply. For cancellation between 10 May to 31 May 2014 it will be 60 % of the
conference fee. No refund for cancellation after 1 June 2014.
Methods of payment: After we receive your registration form, we will send you an
invoice/confirmation. Payment is possible either by credit card (please use the
enclosed form to provide us with your credit card details including your card
verification number) or by money transfer via international bank transaction. Please
use IBAN and BIC/SWIFT code for bank transaction; this will reduce costs and it is
available from almost every European bank. Your invoice must be paid 20 days before
the official conference opening. Delegates with amounts outstanding will be asked to
pay cash in EURO (€) at the registration desk. Credit card payment (VISA/ MasterCard/
Maestro) is also possible.
Language: The working language of the EDF Congress 2014 will be English.
Insurance: Please note that the organizers do not provide any insurance for EDF 2014
congress delegates.
Policy agreement: By registering for the conference you agree that photos of you may
be taken and may be published in any kind of EDF context.
VISA: Visitors from EU-member states and the Schengen countries do not require an
entry visa for Switzerland. Congress delegates from non-EU-member states are kindly
requested to contact the local Switzerland embassy to check whether they need an
entry visa for visiting Switzerland or check http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/
reps.html
Dear EDF friends and guests,
After a very interesting and successful congress in Sweden last year, where the main topic was
“managing high input and high output systems”, we invite you to join our annual congress in Switzerland this year. The traditional image of dairy production in Switzerland is a solid cow with a big
bell around her neck, up on summer pasture, in a breathtaking mountainous landscape. We’ll see
that modern Swiss dairy production is far from this cliché, but that dairy traditions are still very
important and one of the success factors for the dairy industry. The Swiss EDF farmers have chosen
to show us how it’s possible to valorise strong dairy traditions on the markets:
Tradition meets market
Switzerland has 600,000 cows, produces 3.4 million tons of milk with a huge number of small scale
farms in both mountainous and valley regions. 100,000 of the cows go up in the mountains in summertime, where 2,700 seasonal farms ensure the summer milking.
Switzerland left the quota system in 2009. After a rather tough landing, we’ll discover how dairy
farmers have challenged the new environment and developed successful strategies. Producing more
milk isn’t the only way, we’ll also discover that farmers try to adapt to specific demands and valorise their dairy production with higher milk prices.
Swiss cheese is world known, and 1/3 of the Swiss milk is produced without silage from non-pasteurized
milk in order to respond to different PDO products like Emmentaler and Gruyère, or Appenzeller®. 600
“artisanal” cheese factories buys 40 % of Swiss milk, and produce 100,000 t of traditional cheeses made
of raw milk. The other 60 % of the milk are bought mainly by 4 big processors.
A lot of questions come to our mind when we try to understand the “Swiss dairy model”: How do Swiss
farmers handle their geographic constraints? How do they manage to feed their cows efficiently without silage? Is it possible to be financially successful with 25 cows? Small cheese makers  is it a strength
or a weakness? How did they handle the end of quota in 2009? What are their challenges and new possibilities in the future?
In EDF, we know that it’s a lot to learn in regions and farms where the production is very different
from ours. It’s never a matter of “copy and paste”, but a matter of understanding what makes a
successful strategy. To improve our strategy, we find inspiration in other farmer’s ability to cope with
their challenges and specific constraints. Our congress isn’t only about Swiss dairy production. As
every year, you can also...
…find a network of curious, open-minded, forward-oriented, successful farmers.
…share experience and knowledge between farmers, our scientific team and our business partners.
…listen to speakers who open our perspectives to new horizons.
…participate in workshops where we compare our farm figures and benefit from the experience of
our European colleagues.
…spend precious time discussing with inspiring people at farms, at meals and during the breaks.
This is the unique recipe that has been EDF’s success for the last 20 years, and it’ll bring us into the
future. Business economy is always a question about ability to cope with changes, new demands,
new regulations, innovations, risks and opportunities. Through EDF, you can step back, get a wider
view of what are the crucial questions for the European dairy sector, and for you as a farmer.
I think Swiss farmers won’t deny that the big changes they’ve been through
since 2009 were hard to deal with, but as the saying goes: Changing is difficult, not changing is fatal. Maybe a message to take with us one year before
the end of milk quotas in EU?
I must thank the Swiss European dairy farmers group for the tremendous work
they put in the organization of this year’s congress, and we’re looking forward
to seeing you in Winterthur.
Kind regards, KATRINE LECORNU, EDF President
Conference Program:
EDF Congress 2014
25 June - 27 June 2014,
Winterthur, Switzerland
“Tradition meets market:
Milk production with new possibilities”
Wednesday 25 June, 2014
Chairman:
Peter Kunz
12:00  13:30 h
Lunch
12:30  16:00 h
Registration
14:00 h
Official start of the conference
14:00  14:15 h
Welcome address, KATRINE LECORNU, President of EDF
14:15  14:25 h
Welcome address, IVO WEGMANN, President of the organizing committee
of the EDF Congress 2014
14:25  15:10 h
Swiss agriculture and agricultural policy, BERNARD LEHMANN, Director of
the Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG)
15:10  15:30 h
The Swiss milk market: organisation and development,
STEFAN HAGENBUCH, Swiss Milk Producers
15:30  16:00 h
Coffee break
16:00  16:20 h
The milk business from the perspective of a producers’ organisation,
RENÉ SCHWAGER, Nordostmilch
16:20  16:40 h
The milk processing industry after the quota phase-out,
MARKUS WILLIMANN, Emmi
16:40  17:00 h
The major distributer between producer and consumer, ROLAND FREFEL,
COOP
17:00  18:00 h
Consequences of the quota phase-out from the perspective of four milk
producers: URS JUCKER, JOSH PITT, THOMAS MEIER and FELIX BERTSCHI,
moderation by CHRISTIAN ZEUGIN
19:30 h
Dinner
Thursday 26 June, 2014
Chairman:
Peter Kunz
08:00  09:00 h
Workshops and lectures on different topics (part 1): Please see the workshop registration form for more detailed information.
09:10  10:10 h
Workshops and lectures on different topics (part 2)
10:10  10:40 h
Coffee break
10:40  11:40 h
Workshops and lectures on different topics (part 3)
12:00  17:30 h
Farm visits
18:00 h
Swiss night at Mattenhof dairy farm, Regensdorf
Friday 27 June, 2014
Chairman:
Claude Gerwig
08:00  09:15 h
EDF General Assembly
09:15  09:45 h
Coffee break
09:45  11:00 h
EDF Cost of Production Comparison 2014: Latest results of our EDF
farms, STEFFI WILLE-SONK, EDF
11:00  11:15 h
Milk Price Comparison: The 2013 Results, WILLEM KOOPS, PZ Netherlands
11:15  11:45 h
Development of the dairy market in the view of a chocolate
manufacturer, AGATHE LAVILLE, Barry Callebaut
11:45  12:00 h
Synthesis of the conference, ANDREAS BURI, farmer and agriculturalist
12:00 12:20 h
Final discussion
12:30  18:00 h
Farm visits
19:30
Gala Dinner (Dress code)
Conference Program:
EDF Congress 2014
25 June - 27 June 2014,
Winterthur, Switzerland
“Tradition meets market:
Milk production with new possibilities”
Wednesday 25 June, 2014
Chairman:
Peter Kunz
12:00  13:30 h
Lunch
12:30  16:00 h
Registration
14:00 h
Official start of the conference
14:00  14:15 h
Welcome address, KATRINE LECORNU, President of EDF
14:15  14:25 h
Welcome address, IVO WEGMANN, President of the organizing committee
of the EDF Congress 2014
14:25  15:10 h
Swiss agriculture and agricultural policy, BERNARD LEHMANN, Director of
the Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG)
15:10  15:30 h
The Swiss milk market: organisation and development,
STEFAN HAGENBUCH, Swiss Milk Producers
15:30  16:00 h
Coffee break
16:00  16:20 h
The milk business from the perspective of a producers’ organisation,
RENÉ SCHWAGER, Nordostmilch
16:20  16:40 h
The milk processing industry after the quota phase-out,
MARKUS WILLIMANN, Emmi
16:40  17:00 h
The major distributer between producer and consumer, ROLAND FREFEL,
COOP
17:00  18:00 h
Consequences of the quota phase-out from the perspective of four milk
producers: URS JUCKER, JOSH PITT, THOMAS MEIER and FELIX BERTSCHI,
moderation by CHRISTIAN ZEUGIN
19:30 h
Dinner
Thursday 26 June, 2014
Chairman:
Peter Kunz
08:00  09:00 h
Workshops and lectures on different topics (part 1): Please see the workshop registration form for more detailed information.
09:10  10:10 h
Workshops and lectures on different topics (part 2)
10:10  10:40 h
Coffee break
10:40  11:40 h
Workshops and lectures on different topics (part 3)
12:00  17:30 h
Farm visits
18:00 h
Swiss night at Mattenhof dairy farm, Regensdorf
Friday 27 June, 2014
Chairman:
Claude Gerwig
08:00  09:15 h
EDF General Assembly
09:15  09:45 h
Coffee break
09:45  11:00 h
EDF Cost of Production Comparison 2014: Latest results of our EDF
farms, STEFFI WILLE-SONK, EDF
11:00  11:15 h
Milk Price Comparison: The 2013 Results, WILLEM KOOPS, PZ Netherlands
11:15  11:45 h
Development of the dairy market in the view of a chocolate
manufacturer, AGATHE LAVILLE, Barry Callebaut
11:45  12:00 h
Synthesis of the conference, ANDREAS BURI, farmer and agriculturalist
12:00 12:20 h
Final discussion
12:30  18:00 h
Farm visits
19:30
Gala Dinner (Dress code)
General Information:
Convention venue: The congress takes place in Kongress– und Kirchgemeindehaus
Liebestrasse, Liebestrasse 3, 8400 Winterthur, Tel.: +41 52 212 12 47,
Fax: +41 52 212 89 01, Email: [email protected], Website: www.liebestrasse.ch
Congress office: Mr. DIETER MIRBACH, European Dairy Farmers, Eschborner Landstrasse
122, 60489 Frankfurt, Germany, Phone: +49 69 24788 312, Fax: +49 69 24788 114, EMail: [email protected], Website: www.dairyfarmer.net
Conference coordinator on behalf of EDF: Mr. IVO WEGMANN, Phone: +41 79 401 04 79,
E-Mail: [email protected]
Registration and registration fee: Conference attendance fees are listed on the
registration form “CONFERENCE REGISTRATION” attached to this invitation. All
delegates are kindly requested to fill in the registration form and to return it by fax or
post or as pdf-attachment by E-Mail to Mr. DIETER MIRBACH in the EDF congress office
(see address above) in Frankfurt am Main before 30 April 2014. For online registration
go to: http://www.dairyfarmer.net/reg_cong2014.html
Cancellation: For cancellation before 10 May 2014 a charge of 20 % of the conference
fee will apply. For cancellation between 10 May to 31 May 2014 it will be 60 % of the
conference fee. No refund for cancellation after 1 June 2014.
Methods of payment: After we receive your registration form, we will send you an
invoice/confirmation. Payment is possible either by credit card (please use the
enclosed form to provide us with your credit card details including your card
verification number) or by money transfer via international bank transaction. Please
use IBAN and BIC/SWIFT code for bank transaction; this will reduce costs and it is
available from almost every European bank. Your invoice must be paid 20 days before
the official conference opening. Delegates with amounts outstanding will be asked to
pay cash in EURO (€) at the registration desk. Credit card payment (VISA/ MasterCard/
Maestro) is also possible.
Language: The working language of the EDF Congress 2014 will be English.
Insurance: Please note that the organizers do not provide any insurance for EDF 2014
congress delegates.
Policy agreement: By registering for the conference you agree that photos of you may
be taken and may be published in any kind of EDF context.
VISA: Visitors from EU-member states and the Schengen countries do not require an
entry visa for Switzerland. Congress delegates from non-EU-member states are kindly
requested to contact the local Switzerland embassy to check whether they need an
entry visa for visiting Switzerland or check http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/
reps.html
Dear EDF friends and guests,
After a very interesting and successful congress in Sweden last year, where the main topic was
“managing high input and high output systems”, we invite you to join our annual congress in Switzerland this year. The traditional image of dairy production in Switzerland is a solid cow with a big
bell around her neck, up on summer pasture, in a breathtaking mountainous landscape. We’ll see
that modern Swiss dairy production is far from this cliché, but that dairy traditions are still very
important and one of the success factors for the dairy industry. The Swiss EDF farmers have chosen
to show us how it’s possible to valorise strong dairy traditions on the markets:
Tradition meets market
Switzerland has 600,000 cows, produces 3.4 million tons of milk with a huge number of small scale
farms in both mountainous and valley regions. 100,000 of the cows go up in the mountains in summertime, where 2,700 seasonal farms ensure the summer milking.
Switzerland left the quota system in 2009. After a rather tough landing, we’ll discover how dairy
farmers have challenged the new environment and developed successful strategies. Producing more
milk isn’t the only way, we’ll also discover that farmers try to adapt to specific demands and valorise their dairy production with higher milk prices.
Swiss cheese is world known, and 1/3 of the Swiss milk is produced without silage from non-pasteurized
milk in order to respond to different PDO products like Emmentaler and Gruyère, or Appenzeller®. 600
“artisanal” cheese factories buys 40 % of Swiss milk, and produce 100,000 t of traditional cheeses made
of raw milk. The other 60 % of the milk are bought mainly by 4 big processors.
A lot of questions come to our mind when we try to understand the “Swiss dairy model”: How do Swiss
farmers handle their geographic constraints? How do they manage to feed their cows efficiently without silage? Is it possible to be financially successful with 25 cows? Small cheese makers  is it a strength
or a weakness? How did they handle the end of quota in 2009? What are their challenges and new possibilities in the future?
In EDF, we know that it’s a lot to learn in regions and farms where the production is very different
from ours. It’s never a matter of “copy and paste”, but a matter of understanding what makes a
successful strategy. To improve our strategy, we find inspiration in other farmer’s ability to cope with
their challenges and specific constraints. Our congress isn’t only about Swiss dairy production. As
every year, you can also...
…find a network of curious, open-minded, forward-oriented, successful farmers.
…share experience and knowledge between farmers, our scientific team and our business partners.
…listen to speakers who open our perspectives to new horizons.
…participate in workshops where we compare our farm figures and benefit from the experience of
our European colleagues.
…spend precious time discussing with inspiring people at farms, at meals and during the breaks.
This is the unique recipe that has been EDF’s success for the last 20 years, and it’ll bring us into the
future. Business economy is always a question about ability to cope with changes, new demands,
new regulations, innovations, risks and opportunities. Through EDF, you can step back, get a wider
view of what are the crucial questions for the European dairy sector, and for you as a farmer.
I think Swiss farmers won’t deny that the big changes they’ve been through
since 2009 were hard to deal with, but as the saying goes: Changing is difficult, not changing is fatal. Maybe a message to take with us one year before
the end of milk quotas in EU?
I must thank the Swiss European dairy farmers group for the tremendous work
they put in the organization of this year’s congress, and we’re looking forward
to seeing you in Winterthur.
Kind regards, KATRINE LECORNU, EDF President
Accommodation: Delegates have to book their own accommodation. The EDF 2014 conference
fee does not include accommodation costs. Hotel rooms have been reserved for delegates of
the EDF Congress, and must be booked not later than 30 April 2014. Please see form enclosed.
Arriving and departing by plane: EDF 2014 delegates should make their own travel arrangement to the congress venue. Shuttle service from the airports will not be provided.
Flight-in options are: (1) Zurich Airport: Take the train from the airport which leaves 6 times
every hour. The train ride takes 20 min. (2) Geneva Airport: Take the train from the airport
which leaves 2 times every hour. The train ride takes 3 hours and 30 min. See timetable at:
http://fahrplan.sbb.ch/bin/query.exe/en
Arriving and departing by train: The congress venue is in 10 minutes walking distance
from the railway station. There is also the public bus Nr. from “Hauptbahnhof” to
“Stadthaus” For more detailed information have a look on the map in this brochure.
Arriving by car: Parking in Winterthur is expensive and limited. Please check with your
hotel for parking possibilities.
Convention venue and hotels (incl. accessibility):
1 Congress Center, Kongress- und Kirchgemeindehaus
Liebestrasse, Liebestrasse 3
2 Hotel Ibis, Brühlbergstrasse 7, Bus: No. 1 from Loki
to Stadthaus
3 Hotel Krone, Marktgasse 49, by foot: 6 min.
4 Hotel Wartmann, Rudolfstrasse 15, by foot: 10 min, Bus:
No. 3 from Hauptbahnhof to Stadthaus
5 Park Hotel, Stadthausstrasse 4, by foot: 5 min.
6 Hotel Banana City, Schaffhauserstrasse 8, by foot: 8 min.
EDF Congress 2014
EDF  A club of farmers for farmers
Main congress partner:
EDF  A club of farmers for farmers
Media partners:
Congress partners:
Tradition meets market:
Milk production with new possibilities
Event partners:
25-27 June 2014, Winterthur, Switzerland
Main EDF agribusiness partners:
EDF agribusiness partners:
More agribusiness partners supporting EDF:
AGROVISION B.V., Deventer, NL
InterPuls, Albinea, IT
INVIVO NSA, Vannes, France
Lemmer-Fullwood Lohmar, D
ADHEO 109/CER, FR
www.dairyfarmer.net