POLISH FEDERATION OF CATTLE POLISH FEDERATION OF CATTLE BREEDERSBREEDERS

AND DAIRY FARMERSAND DAIRY FARMERS

General overview of activity General overview of activity

Created in 1995 by breeders

Unifies

20 regional breeders’ associations

Managed by breeders

Provides its services for breeders’ benefit

Polish Federation of Cattle BreedersPolish Federation of Cattle Breeders anand Dairy Farmersd Dairy Farmers

ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES

Herdbooks

of dairy cattle (since 2004)and realisation of the breeding program in the cooperation with AI centres

Milk recording (since 2006)

MR methods A4, AT4, A8 all animal events data collection, milk samples analyses: protein, fat, urea, lact., dry solids, somatic cells,

acetone, BHB.

Pedigrees

confirmation –

DNA

Type conformation (since 2007)

Nutritional advisory (since 2008)

+ forage laboratory

Mating advisory –

using our own software tool called „DoKo”

Development projects (since 2012)

Organisation and co-organisation of dairy cattle shows in regional and national scale

ORGANISATIONAL ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURESTRUCTURE

PFCBDF

employs more than 1.000 people

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International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR)

and its

Sub-committee INTERBULL

World Holstein Friesian Federation (WHFF)

European Holstein and Red Holstein Confederation (EHRC)

European Simmental Federation

Copa-Cogeca

Working Group „MILK”and Advisory Group „MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS”

Polish Federation of CattlePolish Federation of Cattle

BreedersBreedersand Dairy Farmersand Dairy Farmers

is a member of:is a member of:

LABORATORIESLABORATORIES

4 Laboratories4 LaboratoriesCombiFossCombiFoss™™

FT+ 600 samples/hourFT+ 600 samples/hour

1 Forage laboratory 1 Forage laboratory InfraXactInfraXact™™ FOSSFOSS

1 Cattle genetics laboratory1 Cattle genetics laboratory(since 2015) (since 2015)

AN OBJECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL AN OBJECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL APPROACH TOWARDS EACH APPROACH TOWARDS EACH

SINGLE HERDSINGLE HERD

The strength of PFCBDF’s feeding advisory services is:

A DIRECT ACCESS INTO A DIRECT ACCESS INTO DATABASE IN TERMSDATABASE IN TERMS

OF THEIR DATA OF THEIR DATA

PFCBDF provides its clients with:

PDA implementationPDA implementationPSION PSION WORKABOUTWORKABOUT

(70% TECHNICIANS)(70% TECHNICIANS)

DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMDEVELOPMENT OF A NEW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMINTEGRATING ALL DATA SOURCES AT A FARMINTEGRATING ALL DATA SOURCES AT A FARM

PFCBDF invests in:

National milk production level in mln kgSource: EUROSTAT

PFCBDF Evolution

of recorded population

Source: EUROSTAT, PFCBDF

PFCBDF

Average milk yield of recorded cows

Source: ICAR, PFCBDF

PFCBDF

in figures

nnumber of recorded cows on 31. 12. 201umber of recorded cows on 31. 12. 20144739 638739 638nnumber of recorded herds on 31. 12. 200umber of recorded herds on 31. 12. 200141420 10120 101ttotalotal

number of dairy cows number of dairy cows 2 247 7852 247 785ppercentageercentage

of cows in milk recordingof cows in milk recording33%33%ccowsows

registredregistred

in herd bookin herd book678 332678 332aaverageverage

size of recorded herdsize of recorded herd35,435,4methodsmethods70% AT4 26% A4 4% A870% AT4 26% A4 4% A8

average milk yeld average milk yeld 7 5827 582

754 128754 128 nnumber of recorded cows umber of recorded cows iin n VV--20152015

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OF OF POLISH FEDERATIONPOLISH FEDERATION

OF CATTLE BREEDERS AND DAIRY OF CATTLE BREEDERS AND DAIRY FARMERSFARMERS

TASK OF LTD. COMPANYTASK OF LTD. COMPANYISSUING THE CATTLE BREEDING MAGAZINEISSUING THE CATTLE BREEDING MAGAZINE

24 000 monthly24 000 monthly

TASK OF LTD. COMPANYTASK OF LTD. COMPANYDELIVERING EAR TAGS TO OUR BREEDERSDELIVERING EAR TAGS TO OUR BREEDERS

approx. 50.000 monthlyapprox. 50.000 monthly

TASK OF LTD. COMPANYTASK OF LTD. COMPANYDELIVERING COW FITTING SERVICESDELIVERING COW FITTING SERVICES

TO BREEDERSTO BREEDERS

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU IN POLAND AGAIN!TO MEETING YOU IN POLAND AGAIN!

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