20th IFCN Supporter Conference
Technology for a successful dairy future
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Netanya, Israel | 4-6 September, 2022 | Technology for a successful dairy future | Hybrid event
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Location of the 20th IFCN Supporter Conference
The place where representatives of the dairy industry will meet for the renowned IFCN Supporter Conference is Netanya, a city in the north central district of Israel and the capital of the surrounding Sharon Plain. It is located 30 km north of Tel Aviv. The city of white beaches, good food, attractions, and excellent hotels. No wonder it is called “The Israeli Riviera” by people from all over the world. The IFCN Supporter Conference will be held at the Leonardo Plaza Hotel from September 4 to 6.
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The conference programme – day 1
Netanya, Israel | Sunday, 4 September, 2022 | Israel experience & networking
(IDT) All hours are shown in Israel Daylight Time
Main activity: Trip to Jerusalem and event networking
09:00 – 18:00
Jerusalem Experience – the Golden City
Situated on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea, it is one of the oldest cities in the world and is considered holy for the three major Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Experience all the secrets and sights of Jerusalem with our experienced tour guide and then let the impressions drift you through the Old City – whether culinary or historical, after the guided tour you have plenty of time to explore the city on your own before heading back to Netanya.
Optional activity (extra costs): The IFCN Market Intelligence Training has a unique curriculum and is delivered by highly experienced faculty, specifically tailored to the needs of IFCN Supporter Partners and leading professionals in the world of dairy business.
IFCN Market Intelligence Training
10:00 – 14:00
Setting up Market Intelligence as a Corporate Function
Trainer: Erik Elgersma
14:30 – 18:00
Executing an MI-project from brief to debrief
Trainer: Erik Elgersma
19:00 – 22:00
IFCN Networking & Welcoming Evening
After two long years in front of the screens and in the home office, we welcome you together with Allflex to this year’s IFCN Supporter Conference in Netanya.
In a relaxed Israeli atmosphere, with good music and interesting conversations, the official kick-off to two inspiring conference days will take place in the lobby of the Leonardo Plaza Netanya Hotel.
The conference programme – day 2
Netanya, Israel | Monday, 5 September, 2022 | New normal in dairy industry
The Dairy World today – Outlook 2023
08:00 – 12:00
Farm visit | Dr. Flamenbaum, Dr. Sivan Lacker
We visit not one, but two Israeli dairy farms – join us to discover the similarities and differences between the two distinct farm models of Kibbutz and Moshav.
Kibbutz – association of a group of people under the premise that all income generated by the Kibbutz and its members goes into a common pool. The typical herd size of this model is about 500.
12:00 – 13:30
Lunch and networking
13:30 – 13:45
IFCN Opening & Status of the Network | Łukasz Wyrzykowski
- Welcome all participants after 2 years of COVID restrictions
- Status of the IFCN Dairy Network and future developments
- Presentation of the conference topic red line
13:45 – 14:00
Welcome to Israel: What does it mean to produce milk in Israel? | Shlomi Dagan
14:00 – 14:45
IFCN Outlook 2023 Status, trends & drivers of the dairy world | Philipp Goetz, Erik Elgersma
- Status of world and regional milk production 2021 and 2022
- How will the milk and feed prices develop in the next months?
- A look in the dairy commodities forecast
- What will be the main drivers for the dairy farm economics in the next 12 months?
14:45 – 15:30
Panel Discussion: Dairy in the next 12 months
- StoneX – Nate Donnay
- Strategic Analysis Services – Erik Elgersma
- Mary Ledman – Rabobank
- Eucolait – Jukka Likitalo
Panel Discussion: Dairy in the next 12 months | Łukasz Wyrzykowski
- Brainstorming on the next 12 months from perspective of the key world dairy net exporters and importers
- Look into dairy commodities market, milk production, trade, and policy
- What will be the key challenges for dairy industry in the coming months?
| Nate Donnay Stonex |
Erik Elgersma Strategic Analysis Services |
Mary Ledman Rabobank |
Jukka Likitalo Eucolait |
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15:30 – 16:00
Break
The IFCN Dairy Outlook 2030
16:00 – 16:30
IFCN: Long-term dairy outlook & scenario thinking on profitability | Milica Kocić
- IFCN World Dairy Outlook 2030
- Which structural changes are happening in dairy? Shocks vs. megatrends
- What are the key drivers for farm economics in the future?
- Who may offset lost of dairy exports from EU and NZ till 2030?
16:30 – 17:15
Panel Discussion: Future of Dairy world until 2030
- Tine SA – Helle Huseby
- Lactalis – Gilles Froment
- Kite Consulting – John Allen
- Sachsenmilch – Maik Reschke
Panel Discussion: Future of Dairy world until 2030 | Torsten Hemme, Hans Jöhr
- What are the main challenges and opportunities for dairy industry for the future?
- How could the current world economic and political challenges influence the future of dairy industry?
- How to sustain world milk consumption and production over the world?
| Gilles Froment Lactalis |
Helle Huseby Tine SA |
John Allen Kite Consutling |
Maik Reschke Sachsenmilch |
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17:15 – 17:30
Closing & sump up the day | Łukasz Wyrzykowski
17:30 – 18:30
IFCN Supporter Fair
19:15 – 22:30
Networking dinner
After an inspiring day at the conference, let’s immerse ourselves in Israeli cuisine and lifestyle. Ideally situated among majestic Herodin-era ruins in the breezy city of Caesarea – you cannot have one without the other. Sit down inside the pristine, classic interior of Helena and gaze out wall-to-wall glass panes towards Caesarea’s port – capturing the freshness of the meal they are about to embark on.
Effortlessly picturesque, the port is also the source of the locally harvested fish and seafood caught daily and used as a premier ingredient in Chef Sion’s kitchen, in addition to locally grown meats, seasonal fruits and vegetables, and local wild herbs and plants, indigenous to the Levant.
The conference programme – day 3
Netanya, Israel | Tuesday, 6 September, 2022 | Technology for a successful dairy future
IFCN special topic day: New IT-Technologies for a successful dairy future
08:00 – 12:00
We visit not one, but two Israeli dairy farms – join us to discover the similarities and differences between the two distinct farm models of kibbutz and moshav.
Moshav – small family farm with typically about 80-120 cows.
12:00 – 13:30
Lunch and networking
13:30 – 13:45
IFCN Opening | Milica Kocić
13:45 – 14:00
Dr. Sivan Lacker: Cows’ senses and behaviour and their relevance in developing technology for dairy cows.
- The importance of understanding the way cows perceive the world through their senses.
- The relevance of monitoring cow behaviour when developing technology for early detection of stress and sickness in cows.
14:00 – 14:20
Galit Saban: Technology Empowering Animal Health, Transparency and Profitability on Dairy Farms
- The power of animal monitoring
- Maximizing workflow efficiency with automation
- Gaining end to end transparency with true knowledge
14:20 – 14:35
Evine van Riemsdijk: The role of cow monitoring in the dairy value chain – Revealing her secrets to unlock her true potential
- The role of technology in dairy farming development
- 24/7 individual cow monitoring and herd analysis at any scale
- The relationship between cow monitoring and farm economics
14:35 – 15:30
Panel Discussion: New IT-Technologies for a successful dairy future
- Allflex – Galit Saban
- Nedap – Evine van Riemsdjik
Panel Discussion: New IT-Technologies for a successful dairy future | Milica Kocić, Łukasz Wyrzykowski
- What are the key challenges for dairy farmers?
- How technology and data management on the farm may support next generation dairy farmers?
| Galit Saban Allflex |
Evine van Riemsdijk Nedap |
Shlomi Dagan MSD |
John McCurdy Intellync |
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15:30 – 16:00
Break
New Technologies for farm input for feed, genetics & others
16:00– 16:15
Walt Cooley from Progressive Dairy: Cows, Farmers & Consumers
- Discover what cow technologies are out in the global marketplace and which ones are getting traction.
- Hear Walt’s suggestions for the technologies to watch in the short and long term.
16:15– 16:30
Aart van’t Land from Grem Partners – Farm automation…future or foolishness
- Who can and will do the work on the dairy farm in the future?
- What is the impact of the consumer on automation of the dairy farm?
- Will there be farms without manual labor?
16:30 – 17:15
Panel Discussion: New Technologies for farm input for feed, genetics & others
- How the new technologies in dairy could change the future?
- How does the technology shall help dairy farmers to overcome problems of the future like profitability?
Panel Discussion: New Technologies for farm input for feed, genetics & others | Torsten Hemme, Rinse Boersma
- How the new technologies in dairy could change the future?
- How does the technology shall help dairy farmers to overcome problems of the future like profitability?
| Ori Inbar Mileutis |
Dr. Rodrigo Souza Phibro |
Aart van’t Land Grem Partners |
Dr. Sivan Lacker Mutual Dairy Farming |
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17:15 – 17:30
IFCN: Closing with conclusions on Dairy Tech landscape + polls what is lagging in dairy industry + other questions & sum up the day | Łukasz Wyrzykowski
17:30 – 18:30
IFCN Supporter Fair
19:15 – 22:30
Farewell Evening and official ending
At the final evening of the IFCN Supporters’ Conference 2022, we will take you to a whole other dairy world. The Milky Way, good food and a memorable party night – this is how we would like to say goodbye to you for this conference in Netanya’s Planetarium.
Panellists & Speakers
Gilles Froment
Senior Vice President
Government & Industry Relations at Lactalis Canada
Helle Huseby
Tine SA
John McCurdy
Technical Director at Intellync
Rinse Boersma
Gallery from our previous events
Givat Haim Farm:
Kibutz farm milk around 500 cows. Total of 900 heads
Quota: 5.7 million Kgs
Production of 12500 kg cow/year
The milking parlor is a 28 stall Rotary (carousel) where the milkers stand inside
Milking shifts: 3 times per day
Total employees: (8-9)
Using sort gate
Vet visit: 2 times a week
Housing type: moving out from free-stall into loose housing
Use ICBA Management Software integrated with Allflex System
Oshri Farm:
Moshav farm (Family) that milks around 250 cows, after partnering with a neighbor farm.
Quota: 3 million Kgs
Production of 12000 kg cow/year
The owner is the 3rd generation and his grandfather started from one single cow.
The milking parlor is a two side Hering Bone with 16 stalls (2×8)
Milking shifts: 3 times per day
Total employees: 3
Use ICBA Management Software integrated with Allflex System
Aart van‘t Land operates as an independent Venture & Business Developer serving a range of companies from start-ups to corporates with > €600 M turnover.
This service is based on >40 years of experience in international agricultural businesses. These C-level positions have been around high tech applications in agriculture, such as automation of repetitive work. The international travel that was related to the execution has resulted in a brought inside in agricultural needs as well as build an international network of contacts.
Active serving on a number of (Advisory) Boards and as mentor/advisor for companies and start-ups in a number of countries.
Dr. Flamenbaum is a world renowned agriculturist, bringing over four decades of expertise to the field of dairy cattle – specializing in strategic planning of dairy projects in warm climates, with emphasis on the relief of heat stress. He is now a full time private consultant (fluent in both English and Spanish) and travels extensively to assist government institutions, dairy cooperatives and private dairy farms all over the world.
Erik has been Director of Strategic Analysis in FrieslandCampina up to Dec. 2018, where he worked for 20 years. He is now independent consultant to the global food industry, having among others consulted to five of the world’s top-20 dairy companies in the last 2 years. He is also a visiting lecturer at the Free University Amsterdam, School of Business & Economics, Faculty Management & Organization.
Nedap’s Strategic Business Development Manager, Evine has a background in Animal Science and a strong passion for dairy farming.
Driven to improve life on farm for people and animals with innovative technology.
Assuring animal care and farm sustainability metrics, principal to profitable production of quality dairy products worldwide.
John has almost 30 years experience in consultancy and a lifetime career in agriculture.
Work throughout the UK and EU, as well as delivering projects in the US, New Zealand and in Eastern Europe. Member of the International Farm Comparison Network.
Work with farmers, agribusiness, processors and retailers – excellent knowledge of the food chain in the UK.
Jukka has some 13 years of experience in the dairy sector. He has been heading Eucolait, the voice of the European dairy trading community with more than 400 members, since 2014.
Jukka is the main representative of the organisation and responsible for its output and analysis, covering a variety of dairy policy and market topics.
Łukasz has worked in the dairy industry topics for last 10 years now. He is the General Manager of “IFCN AG – The Dairy Research Network” and not only a member of the IFCN AG management for strategic decision & company development but also a specialist in the dairy market analysis.
His focus is on the dairy value chain analysis, dairy market forecasts and structural dairy market development.
Milica Kocić graduated with a MBA degree in International Agri-management, with a focus on farm economics and international agricultural commodity markets. The international nature of her professional development has broadened her knowledge and access to information about specific markets and agricultural practices in the EU, Eastern Europe, the CIS region and Latin America.
She joined IFCN Dairy Research Centre in 2019 as Dairy Economist and is involved in data collection, analysis, preparation and presentation through IFCN services. Her focus is on dairy farm structure, bridging farm economics and dairy market sector developments on a monthly and annual basis.
Nate is the Director of Dairy Market Insight at StoneX and has been applying his interest in large complicated systems and statistical analysis to the international and U.S. dairy markets since 2005.
Through ongoing reports and one-off client specific projects, he helps people understand the short and long-term trends and the underlying relationships driving the market and what that means to their businesses.
Philipp is working since 2017 at IFCN and is focusing on modelling the milk production and price developments.
He started as a dairy economist analysing, presenting and collecting dairy sector data in over 100 countries, he is now the Lead of Product Development, managing, planning, analysing and developing the IFCN data services and insights.
Dr. Souza is a Senior Dairy Technical Services Manager for Phibro Animal Health. He has extensive experience with dairy cattle nutrition, animal feed additives, and the development of data analytics models to support business decisions.
He has consulted for the dairy industry in over ten countries and his area of interest includes creating synergies between data analytics and the dairy technical fields.
A resident of Israel, he has more than 18 years’ of international experience in the design of solutions that improve farm operations and animal well-being, pioneering the use of monitoring, milking and automation technologies.
Dr. Torsten Hemme is the founder and CEO of the IFCN Dairy Research Network.
He studied agricultural economics at the University of Göttingen in Germany and at Texas A&M University in USA.
His doctoral thesis set the basis for the IFCN, whose mission is to create a better understanding of the dairy world by providing comparable data, knowledge and inspiration.
In 2022, researchers from more than 100 countries participated. Moreover, more than 140 agribusiness companies are members of the network and use its data and knowledge base for their strategic planning.
Ori Inbar started his diary life at quite a young age. Being Born in a kibbutz in Norther Israel he started to milk cows as school boy and managed the kibbutz’s 300 dairy cows at age of 23. He worked for 18 years with SCR Dairy (Allflex/Merck) and now is part of Mileutis as Board Member, Investor and Consultant.
Ori Inbar started his diary life at quite a young age. Being Born in a kibbutz in Norther Israel he started to milk cows as school boy and managed the kibbutz’s 300 dairy cows at age of 23. He worked for 18 years with SCR Dairy (Allflex/Merck) and now is part of Mileutis as Board Member, Investor and Consultant.
Galit Saban leads Global Customer Experience within The Global Marketing group at MSD Animal Health. A resident of Israel, has more than 10 years of international experience in designing customer experience and after sales strategies in the Dairy Technology Space.
Walt Cooley got his start in agriculture at a young age moving sprinkler pipe, stacking hay and working on his grandfather’s dairy in Utah. He graduated cum laude with a degree in journalism from Brigham Young University – Idaho and earned his MBA from Boise State University. He served as editor-in-chief for the industry-leading publication Progressive Dairy (www.progressivedairy.com) for 16 years. He now oversees operations for Progressive Publishing (www.agproud.com) as Vice President of Publishing and Projects. He is the founder and editor of The Cow Tech Report, a regular newsletter covering all things related to emerging technologies for cows (www.cowtechreport.com). He is a learner and futurist who is passionate about technology and its application for farms and livestock. He and his wife, Sandra, live in Jerome, Idaho, with their four children.