Post-Congress Tour III

Post Congress Tour III: Lower Saxony and Schleswig Holstein
07 – 09.08.2010

On this short tour you get to know typical livestock breeding farms in north-western Germany. Among the visits planned are:

• Sheep and pig breeding, ca. 600 ewes of the Leineschaf-race offspring, ca. 800 pigs, kept on straw, piglet breeding and home slaughtering
• Harzer Redstock, cattle-farm with pedigree breeding
• Lower Saxony Country Stud Celle
• Masterrind, the most modern insemination centre in Holstein. A total of 25 Masterrind bulls are among Germany’s Top 100. Pedigree breeding and sales of 400 000 herd-book cows of Holstein and 6600 of beef cattle. In the area of embryo-transfer and biotechnology the centre belongs to the European pioneers.
• Elite dairy farm, 160 dairy cows, average output of 10085 kg, show cows
• Stud with private stallion breeding in the breeding association of Oldenburg
• Pig pedigree breeding with Pietrain boar breeding, ca. 100 Pietrain herd-book sows
• Cattle breeding farm with suckler cows

The technical visits will be interspersed with excursions showing the rich heritage of German culture. For example, there will be a guided walking excursion through the Hanse-town Lübeck.

Services included:

• comfort travel-coach from Leipzig to Mecklenburg – Vorpommern and back, including all day-trips
• 2 nights accommodation in good ***hotels, double occupancy
• full boarding (breakfast, lunch, dinner) on the whole tour – drinks not included
• agricultural technical visits and sightseeing excursions
• English-speaking guide with agricultural skills

Price per person in a double room: 485 €
Single room supplement: 48 €
Minimum number of participants: 20

This tour starts and ends in Leipzig!
Start: saturday, 7 August 2010 (7:00 a.m.)
End: monday, 9 August 2010 (6:00 p.m.)