Experience Sharing Peer Groups
Confidential benchmarking and peer sparring with people who operate at your level. Small groups, high trust, real farm visits.
Annual Conference & Study Trips
A decision-making forum and hands-on study trips - owner-level conversations and insights you can take back and apply.
Webinars & Training Programmes
Expert-led sessions and practical management programmes built around what matters to people running serious agricultural operations. Register interest / form
Built by farmers, for farmers making serious decisions
DFA was founded in 2007 by farmers who had no one to compare notes with. Today it is an international community for owners and leaders of medium and large-scale agricultural operations – built on peer trust, not transactions.
Collective intelligence, in confidence
Members share production results and strategic decisions in a setting built on strict confidentiality.
Foresight, not just best practice
Think ahead on regulation, technology, land markets, and succession — with people who have skin in the game.
International reach, quality roots
Members farm on five continents. Membership is open to any agricultural business regardless of nationality.
Built for the people making the hard calls
Big decisions, tight margins, and most people around you haven't operated at the same scale. DFA was built for exactly that.
Our Members
DFA members are owners and leaders of medium and large-scale agricultural operations, and the suppliers and advisors who serve them – operating across Europe and beyond. They join for peer exchange, strategic insight, and access to a network that operates at the same level they do.
170+
Member companies
44
Countries represented
18
Years in continuous operation
2007
Founded
Why DFA members stay
Members don’t join for the brochure. They stay because the peer exchange is honest, the network opens doors, and the knowledge they get is not available anywhere else.
Peer learning you can implement by Monday
Real cases from real farms - benchmarked, discussed, and tested across operations like yours.
A network that spans 44 countries
From Denmark to Bulgaria, Latvia to Spain and beyond - the people in your group operate at your scale.
- Strict confidentiality in peer groups
- Twice-yearly group meetings with farm visits
- Annual conference and study trips
- Expert webinars between events
What's coming up
DFA Global Agriculture Leadership Conference 2027
28-29 January 2027
AI & robotics · Geopolitics & trade · Succession & capital.
How DFA creates value
Every DFA activity is designed around one question: what does the person running a serious agricultural operation actually need right now?
Experience Sharing Peer Groups
Small confidential groups, benchmarking, farm visits. Twice a year. The fastest way to solve a problem you cannot discuss openly elsewhere.
Knowledge & Intelligence
Webinars, DFA Intelligence publications, and conference sessions – curated for owners and leaders, not generalist audiences.
Events & Study Trips
The annual conference and study trips give you the wider picture: market intelligence, policy shifts, and a network that spans 44 countries.
