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EPP Congress 2010 in Eindhoven, Netherlands
On Wednesday, 14 October 2009, the official starting signal for the EPP Congress 2010 in Eindhoven was given. The 3 main sponsors of this Congress and the Committee of the EPP-Dutch Branch signed the sponsorship agreement and come together for this event with nearly 70 interested participants.
The congress, which is organized annually by one of the national EPP branches, will take place in 2010 for the second time in the Netherlands. The organization of this Congress - where hundreds of participants are expected from over 20 countries - brings a high level of costs and work with it. [ more... | registration... ]
EPP at SPACE 2009
- Henri de Thoré, Frans Castryck and Franz Meyer zu Holte (from left to right) solicit EPP at SPACE 2009
EPP Vice President Franz Meyer zu Holte and the chairman of the Belgian EPP Branch, Dr. Frans Casrtyck joined the international exhibition SPACE 2009 in Rennés in order to promote EPP in France. The two board members support their colleague and chairman of the French EPP branch, Henri de Thoré in the frame of an event of IFIP (Institute du porc). Within a press conference afterwards both present the EPP network to some interested reporters of French agriculture magazines.
Start of the preparations for EPP Congress 2011 in Germany
- Committee for the EPP-Congress 2011
The constitution of the Organisation Committee for the EPP-Congress 2011 took place 19 August in Münster. The German EPP members Philipp Schulze Esking, Franz Meyer zu Holte, Jürgen Winkelmann, Sven Häuser, Birgit Scharlau, Ulrich Pohlschneider, Christin Beneke, Dirk Bonekamp and Bernd Schiefer are preparing the annual meeting 2011 in Münster, Germany 19 - 22 May. In their first meeting the group decides about the concrete date and locations for the congress. Within the following meetings details about the topic, the programme and the speakers will be mentioned.
Dutchman Erik Thijssen new EPP-President
(EPP). This year's congress of the club of the European pig producers was of great international interest. From 4 to 7 June about 350 EPP-members and guests from 15 countries discussed new strategies in animal health, feeding and marketing. Within the framework of the Congress the Dutch pig farmer and Chairman of the Dutch EPP branch Erik Thijssen becomes the new EPP-President. He follows up to Per Bach Laursen from Denmark, who leads the club since 2005. As new vice-president the members elected the German pig farmer and chairman of the German EPP branch Franz Meyer zu Holte. He follows up Birgit Scharlau.
While the EPP General assembly the outgoing EPP President Per Bach Laursen and EPP Manager Sven Häuser looked back on a successful year. It is encouraging that the number of members continues to grow. The club, which 20 years ago on the initiative of leading European pig producers and the DLG (German Agricultural Society) in Herning (Denmark) was founded, has now 462 members from 24 countries.
The next Congress will be held from 26 to 30 May 2010 in the Netherlands. Details of this event are already available under www.epp2010.nl
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CURRICULUM VITAE: Erik Thijssen |
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CURRICULUM VITAE: Franz Meyer zu Holte |
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EU pig prices and market 2008
Within the work for a single Common Market Organisation in Europe (“Single CMO Management Committee”) DG Agri (Directorate-General for Agriculture of the European Commission) makes a presentation about the European pigmeat sector. Read more under: ec.europa.eu/agriculture/markets/pig/index_en.htm
Source: German Chambers of Agriculture Brussels Office, Rue du Luxembourg 47-51, B-1050 Bruxelles-Ixelles
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The_European_pigmeat_sector.pdf Presentation about the European pigmeat sector, 19 February 2009 |
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In addition to our printed Newsletter No. 1/2009 Henri de Thoré gives a short overview about the work on setting animal welfare standards in the EU Project Welfare Quality®
After 21 years the chairman of the German EPP branch Franz Meyer zu Holte retired as chairman of the German ISN. New chairman is now Heinrich Dierkes, formerly Vice chairman of the ISN.
John Godfrey, longtime EPP member and last years auditor, was awarded an honorary doctorate at University of Lincoln within the graduation ceremony in Lincoln Cathedral 21st January.
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Archetypal English gentleman
Ian Campbell, chairman of European Pig Producers in Britain, sent the following note to colleagues on the continent.
"Dear All, It is with great regret that I must inform you that our good friend and colleague, Jim Dewhirst, passed away on 12 December. He never recovered consciousness after his stroke but had been moved to a hospital close to home so hopefully would have had some knowledge of his family being there with him. Jim was special; so much the archetypal English gentleman and a marvellous figurehead for our European Pig Producers branch; we are going to miss him, in NPA, the English pig industry, and within the wider Europe – our thoughts will be with his family now."
The funeral service will be Friday December 19th at 2pm, at All Saints Church, Driffield. There will be a private cremation afterwards. Refreshments will be at the Bell Hotel, Driffield.
Zero-tolerance policy is putting the European livestock industry at risk and restricting consumers' freedom of choice
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Read more about the findings of the DLG closed session on "GMO and animal feed“ on 27/28 August 2008 in Kassel, Germany |
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The DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft – German Agricultural Society) and the European Pig Producers Club (EPP) have presented the Pig Farmer Award to three outstanding European pig farmers at EuroTier 2008.
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International EuroTier Pig Event on 10 November 2008 in Hanover
Continues growth of population, dwindling agricultural area, change of eating habits, higher calorie consumption – how is the impact of this global trends on future agriculture? Which consequences are important for pig production? Questions like this were answered within the International EuroTier Pig Event on 10 November 2008 in Hanover. Dr. Manfred Kern, Head of International Business Relations of the Bayer CropScience AG signed up scenarios in context of the global economy and the population development for the next 20 years.
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Presentation Dr. Manfred Kern, Bayer CropScience AG: „Global Trends and Impact on Pig Production (EuroTier Pig Event 2008) |
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EPP Congress 2008 in Great Britain
Under the topic: "How to live with the world’s most sophisticated retailers" he European Pig Producers Club (EPP) organises its annual congress 2008 from
5th – 8th June in Norwich, Norfolk, England
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Article from the magazine agrifuture |
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Main sponsors of the EPP congress 2008 in Norwich, Great Britain
DLG membership for EPP members
The DLG offers for all EPP members a free DLG membership. There will be no additional costs for the EPP budget.