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Program for the Third Cream Club Conference
16th - 19th of October 2005 in Dnipropetrovs’k, Ukraine

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16th of October Start of the Conference

20:00
Casual come together
Diner in the city centre of Dnipropetrovs’k


17th of October


Learning about the Ukraine

9:00 - 12:00
"Will Ukraine become a player in the international dairy
market?”
Assessments of
The President of the Association of Ukrainian Dairy
Producers
Dr. Eugenia Serova, Inst. for Rural development in
Moscow (not confirmed yet)
Dr. Torsten Hemme, Head of the IFCN Dairy Network

13:00 - 18:00
Farm visit to Agro-Soyuz
“The most efficient dairy farm East of Berlin” *

20,000 ha, 1,400 dairy cows, 30,000 pigs, 10,000 ostriches
Presentations on the farm
“Status and prospect of Agro-Soyuz”
“US-style dairy production in Ukraine”

“Investment in Dairy – Presentation of a successful turn-key project”  

* note in the guest book of Agro-Soyuz – written by a foreign visito

19:00
Dinner Speech:
“The Strategy of Lactalis in Central and Eastern Europe”
“From Folk Music to Ballet – The Ukraine’s musical history”

Common dinner + Cultural Event



18th of October
Strategy discussions

9:00 - 12:00
Cream Club Members from three different continents present their strategy

“A UK-Farmer, following the Kiwi-way of milk production”
Presentation given by the British Cream Club Member
“Operating the biggest dairy farm in Kenya”
Presentation given by the Cream Club Member from Kenya
“Differences in the Economy of private and corporate
farms”
Presentation given by a CC Member with experience in
Saudi Arabia and USA

13:00 - 18:00

“Visions and challenges in the field of dairy genetics”
The Farmers view. Statements of three Cream Club
Members from around the world
“Today’s and future technologies in cow breeding”
Dr. Ir. Roel Veerkamp,
Institute for Animal Breeding, The Netherlands
“Services around reproduction for large herds”
Alta Genetics Inc.



19th of October
More farm visits

9:00 - 12:00
Farm visits organised in co-operation with DeLaval
100-cow farm run by a former university teacher,
plan to go for 200 cows soon
Former co-operative farm; 300 cows, famous research

centre for artificial insemination
Feedback round & common lunch


13:00 - 14:30

Former co-operative farm; 1400 cows; 20,000 ha, close to

the Kiev airport
Leave for the airport