Innovative Pig Production Tour
May 17-20th, 2014
Organized by BVLJ-ABJA and NVLJ
Prior to VIV Europe in Utrecht (May 20-22, 2014)
Participation Fee
€ 175 per person based on a double room*
€ 275 per person based on a single room
* Participants who wish to share a room but don’t have a travelling companion themselves can indicated this on their admission form. The organization will try to find other participants with whom rooms can be shared.
Date: May 17th – May 19th, Location: boarder area of The Netherlands and Belgium
Date: May 19th – May 20th, Location: Utrecht area
Preliminary program headlines:
Saturday, May 17th
< 14.00 hours Arrival at hotel and registration
15.30 hoursVisit to the innovative pig farm of Peter van Dijk and presentation of genetics ande breeding by Varkens-KI Nederland.
17.30 hoursBBQ at the farm
Sunday, May 18th
8.00 – 9.30 hoursBreakfast
10.00-13.00 hoursPig production in Belgium and the Netherlands: a debate with key players in the field
13.00-14.00 hoursLunch offered by VLAM (Flamish board of Agro Marketing)
14.30-16.30 hoursVisit to pig farm
19.00 hoursPesentation by the animal feed group Agrifirm and diner offered by Agrifirm
Monday, May 19th
7.00 - 8.00 hoursBreakfast
8.30 hoursDeparture to FDL
9.30 hoursFeed Design Lab, innovation centre for the Feed Industry in The Netherlands/Belgium/Germany:
introduction and guided tour
12.30 hoursLunch offered by Feed Design lab
13.30 hoursDeparture to Agrifirm-Bonda in Veghel
14.00 hoursPresentation and guided tour Bonda factory
16.30 hoursDeparture to Utrecht
18.00 hoursDiner
19.00 hoursOpening conference VIV Europe
22.00 hoursDeparture to hotel in Soest
Tuesday, May 20th
10.00 hoursOpening exhibition VIV Europe, Utrecht
12.00 hoursGuided tour exhibition grounds
End of Dutch/Belgian Pig Production Tour program.
Those participants who want to prolong their stay in The Netherlands and Belgium after the organized Pig Production Tour are welcome to do so. This however is not included in the tour arrangements.
Should you need any assistance with specific request for interviews or company visits during the prolonged stay you are welcome to contact the Belgium or Dutch guild. We will help you in every which way we can to make your visit to our countries a worthwhile journalistic experience.
The following companies and organizations made the organization of this event possible:
VLAM, Agrifirm-Bonda, FDL, VIV Europe, BVLJ, NVLJ, ENAJ