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The DFA Board is very pleased to welcome Pia Hinz as the new Secretary General of DFA. Pia took office on 1 December 2025.
Pia brings a strong and relevant background that fits well with DFA's strategic goals.
See more about Pia Hinz and her background.
"On behalf of the board, I would like to acknowledge Tom Axelgaard's efforts as Secretary General since October 2022. Tom has contributed to developing DFA, we appreciate his efforts and wish him all the best in his future work." - Jesper Brunhøj, Chairman of the DFA Board.
Farewell remarks from Tom Axelgaard
After some exciting, inspiring and busy years as Secretary General, it is with great joy and pride, that I can hand over the task to Pia Hinz as the new Secretary General of Danish Farmers Abroad.
See Tom Axelgaard's full farewell remarks here link
The conference will be held in the conference center at Vienna Airport: Thursday, 22 January - Friday, 23 January, 2026. The program will conclude with the DFA General Assembly.
Attend a DFA conference that (like last year) is full of relevant presentations. The presentations are based on your daily challengies. In addition, experienced experts and politicians will offer their suggestions on how we can adapt to the political and legislative reality of the future.
We have intended to provide a practical and down-to-earth program. Please bring colleagues and employees. Two days of good professional benefits and pleasant socializing with like-minded people.
See the full program
Registration
Send an mail to the DFA secretariat at: info@danishfarmersabroad.dk No later than 1 January 2026.
Remember to write: full name and company name of all registrants, as well as whether you are participating in the general meeting.
PS: please note that there is a discount when registering more than one person from the same company.
Accommodation can be booked at NH-Hotels (part of the conference center). See link in attached program.
We have received inquiries from members who would like to provide their younger Mid-Level Crop Managers with some management tools.
Therefore, we would like to hear from others who have potential Crop Managers for a training course.
Our intension is to assemble a team of 10–12 Mid-Level Crop Managers. The course is expected to start in the first half of 2026.
Contact: Povl Nørgaard at mail: povl@povlnorgaard.dk
Programme folders from previous course can be seen here.
We intend to start module 1 of the Practical Management and Leadership Training program in September 2026 with a team of 12-14 pig managers - we were close to reaching a fully subscribed team in 2025.
The Practical Management and Leadership training program is provided during a collaboration between DFA and Dalum Agricultural College, and targetted managers in pig production
Please contact us for further info, if we have not already been in dialogue with you in 2025. Contact Carsten Poulsen, Dalum Agricultural School, mail: cfp@dalumls.dk or Povl Nørgaard, Danish Farmers Abroad at mail: povl@povlnorgaard.dk.
See more about the content of each of the three modules that are part of the Practical Management and Leadership Training program.
Four DFA EEG Groups meet together in Germany in April
Four EEG Groups with app. 40 pig managers from Eastern Europe, Finland and Spain have decided to meet together in Bremen, Germany 27-29 April. The program is made in corporation with JYGA and Triple-A and will include presentations and farm visits on intelligent feeding of lactating and gestation sows including young gilts Pig Feeding Systems and Equipment by JYGA Technologies as well as presentation on ZnO free weaning by Triple-A
The nearly 30 participants in the Study Trip took home many memorable experiences. Both from the encounter with the culture and with the hosts at the agricultural - and food companies that were part of the seven-day trip. The program included visits to three states around New Delhi.
See a comprehensive summary of the study trip here.
22 managers in pig production had a fruitful and inspiring three-day meeting on 20–23 October in Denmark.
The group included managers from Eastern European agricultural companies and three from agricultural companies in Spain. The program included experience exchange and participation in the Danish Pig Congress on 21–22 October.
This was a great opportunity to keep up to date on the latest news in the industry and to network with professionals and old friends in the sector.
All in all, a very fruitful event with a lot of insights, knowledge sharing and an expanded network among participants.
The group members decided to meet in Bremen, Germany in spring 2026.
In September, EEG Group 20 met in the Netherlands with Schippers as host. They got an impression of the many facilities that are included in their show farm. The group consists of pig managers from Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine. Morten Rasmussen, Agroeast is the coordinator.
16 Crop Managers from arable farms in Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland visited Agritechnica 2025. Spirits were high, and the networking strong. Participants gained inspiration from the biggest agriculture exhibition in the world.
The three-day meeting ended with a visit to a classic “Genossenschaft” farm near Magdeburg. The farm had 700 milking cows and approx. 2,000 ha. There were interesting talks about structure and challenges in today’s European and German farming.
Read the coordinator Ole Schou`s resumé from the meeting.
11 managers from four Danish-owned farms in Ukraine will complete the first module of the training at the end of January. The course began with a physical three-day meeting at Dalum Agricultural College in Denmark at the end of September. This meeting was followed up by virtual weekly meetings.
The participants have shown great interest in the Disc Profile analysis and understanding of management tools in general. We have reached a point in the course that in a few sessions the participants have completely stopped talking about “pig”. Instead, we have worked with action and optimization plans based on the human resources to be involved.
There is a good dynamic between the participants from the four farms. And it is clear, that the familiarity is growing from time to time.
See more info about the training program, which DFA offers in collaboration with Dalum Agricultural College in Odense, Denmark.
DFA Benchmarking Group met in Lithuania
On 21 – 22 October, the DFA Benchmarking Group met in Lithuania. The meeting included, among other things, a farm visit to one of Idavang's farms in Lithuania, as well as a meeting with the Dane Niels Peter Pretzmann and an impression of his many activities in the country
Read coordinator Johannes V. Hansen's summary from the group's meeting in Lithuania.
There are reports from 4 farms in Eastern Europe – Goodvalley Poland, Goodvalley Ukraine, Halychyna Zahid, Ukraine and Jasna-Pol in Poland.
See their reports on the year's last harvest results, as well as a general assessment of the 2025 growing season.
See an overview of planned DFA Activities in 2026 until now.
See an overview of the registered members of DFA from companies delivering service and technic to agriculture.
