2009 European Holstein Conference

The 28th European Holstein & Red-Holstein Conference will take place in Istanbul, Turkey at The Marmara Istanbul Hotel between June 29th - July 3rd 2009.

Cattle Breeders’ Association of Turkey (CBAT) is a non-profit organization established by the Turkish cattle breeders with the financial support of Turkish government in 1998. Its main purpose is to improve the genetic level of the cattle bred in Turkey by keeping the herdbook system and informing its members about the latest scientific and technological developments. It has 75 member provincial associations and nearly 6 million cattle recorded in its system. CBAT is member of several international organizations regarding herdbook keeping, registration, genetics and farm economics.

European Holstein & Red-Holstein Confederation (EHRC) is one of the most important organizations on Holstein breeding in the world. Nearly 30 European countries are members of the Confederation which aims to provide the cooperation and communication between European countries, to carry out researches in order to establish international standards and to create uniformity in the evaluations among member countries, and plays an active role in the establishment of European policies regarding herdbooks and cattle breeding.CBAT has become a member of the EHRC in 1999 and has been representing Turkey at the European Holstein and Red-Holstein Conferences every second year. Having run for candidacy for the Conference 2009 during European Holstein Conference 2005 hosted by the Czech Republic, Turkey was selected from among the other 3 candidate countries. CBAT which will host the 2009 European Holstein & Red-Holstein Conference has taken over the Presidency of EHRC at the General Assembly held in Denmark July 2007. The European Holstein & Red-Holstein Conference 2009 is considered as an opportunity for Turkish cattle sector and a successful step towards the European Integration for Turkey and Turkish Holstein breeders.

Breeders and technicians from Turkey and all around Europe will be participating to the European Holstein & Red-Holstein Conference which will take place in Istanbul. It is aimed to create a platform for the cattle breeders from all around the world to meet and exchange their views and ideas about the future of the breed and dairy production since the participants of the Conference will represent 75% of the milk produced in Europe. In addition to the European participation, it is expected to have representations from the other countries such as USA and Canada. The theme of the Conference, “The future of Holstein breeding in Europe” will be consisting of 4 different panel discussions with speakers from different countries. The main goal of the European Conference is to inform the breeders and experts about technological developments regarding genetics and improvement studies, farm economics and regional approaches in animal health and Holstein breeding.

For more information, please visit www.europeanholstein2009.org