The Beef Conference 2009 took place in Limoges (Limousin region) and Paris and was jointly organised by the French Livestock Institute as well as the agri benchmark Centre. The Conference was again extended by one day and featured the following events:

• 2.5 Office working days
• 2 Excursion days
• 1 Public day with invited speakers
• 1 day of method, model and website training

New countries in this year's exercise are Czech Republic, Mexico and Ukraine.

Highlights of the Conference that took place from June 23-26 were: 

• New country presentations
• Farm stories about production systems from selected countries
• International comparisons including the new countries
• Merging of the cow-calf and beef finishing enterprise to obtain a picture from birth to slaughter
• Comparative emission analysis
• Workshops on impacts of and adjustment strategies to the price hikes in 2008
• Excursions to farms and processors
• Invited speakers on the world beef situation and the French marketing initiatives of beef (public day)
• Model training for beginners and advanced users

Downloads

Programme of Beef Conference 2009   Download (pdf-Document, 42 kb)

Internal workshop

International comparison of cow-calf and finishing enterprises (Claus Deblitz) 
(pdf-Document, 554 kb)

Adjustment strategies of intensive Finishers in Germany (Daniel Brüggemann) 
(pdf-Document, 684 kb)

Presentation of the French traceability system (Public abbatoir in Limoges) 
(pdf-Document, 1287 kb)

Emission analysis (Claus Deblitz) 
(pdf-Document, 1141 kb)

Preliminary results from the Spanish Sheep Network (Omar del Rio, Ernesto Reyes) 
(pdf-Document, 286 kb)

Posters

Argentina (Bernardo Ostrowski) 
(pdf-Document, 1645 kb)

Brazil (Sergio de Zen, Thiago Carvahlho):
Overview of Brazilian typical farms  
(pdf-Document, 79 kb)
Prospects for the market of beef in Brazil  
(pdf-Document, 60 kb)
Potencial production of beef cattle in Mato Grosso do Sul’s state in Brazil 
(pdf-Document, 75 kb)

Czech Republic (Iveta Bošková) 
(pdf-Document, 173 kb)

Germany (Daniel Brüggemann) 
(pdf-Document, 2235 kb)

Hungary (Kinga Szabó) 
(pdf-Document, 209 kb)

Indonesia (Teddy Kristedi, Prayogo Hadi, Claus Deblitz) 
(pdf-Document, 705 kb)

Mexico (Jaime Jurado) 
(pdf-Document, 112 kb)

South Africa (Pieter Taljaard) 
(pdf-Document, 16114 kb)

Ukraine (Elisabeth Svyatkivska) 
(pdf-Document, 1434 kb)

Public day

Beef trade: riding on the storm!
Philippe Chotteau (Institut de l'Élevage, Paris)
(pdf-Document, 1648 kb) French version 
(pdf-Document, 2135 kb) English version 

Competitiveness of beef production world-wide 
Claus Deblitz (agri benchmark / vTI)
(pdf-Document, 816 kb)

Adding value to beef from specialised breeds in France
Niels Beaumont (Interbev)
(pdf-Document, 299 kb) French version 
(pdf-Document, 855 kb) English version 

An example beef cattle breeds promotion in restaurants
Denis Lerouge (Cormaral)
(pdf-Document, 531 kb) French version 
(pdf-Document, 1103 kb) English version 

French cattle farmers assess their practices
Bernard Malabirade (Cattle breeder – FNB)
(pdf-Document, 86 kb) French version 
(pdf-Document, 223 kb) English version 

Beef production in France – Competitiveness and opportunities
Patrick Sarzeaud (Institut de l'Élevage, Paris)
(pdf-Document, 109 kb) French version 
(pdf-Document, 188 kb) English version 

Competitiveness of beef production in Italy: status quo, challenges and opportunities 
Kees de Roest (CRPA, Italy)
(pdf-Document, 560 kb)

Competitiveness of beef production in Brazil: status quo, challenges and opportunities 
Sergio de Zen (CEPEA, USP, Brazil)
(pdf-Document, 324 kb)

Australian beef situation, challenges and opportunities 
Peter Weeks (MLA – Meat and Livestock Australia), Lloyd Davies, Kirrily Pollock (DPI NSW, Australia)
(pdf-Document, 680 kb)