Meet the partners

The members of this public-private partnership.

Agrifirm

Royal Agrifirm Group contributes to a responsible food chain for future generations. The company delivers measurable, relevant and sustainable value at farm, field and industry.

By the concept of farming ideas, Agrifirm will provide technological solutions in animal nutrition through its global additives brand, Agrimprove. In combination with an integrated approach with customers, Agrifirm aims to improve performance, animal health and nutrition. Please watch the introduction video of this business.

Agrovision

AgroVision supplies specialized software for breeding and feeding herds. With our management programs, mobile apps and reporting tools you get more insight into your business process and better management information to make better decisions. Get more out of your pig data to be more profitable in the pig business! Please watch the introduction video of this business.

Hotraco Agri BV

Hotraco Agri offers complete barn automation systems that regulate, control and monitor continuously your barn processes. These systems are suitable for all types of housing for sows, piglets and fattening pigs and allow comfortable remote control via computer, tablet or smartphone. Through this, the animals remain in optimum condition of wellbeing and perform better. Please watch the introduction video of this business.

LeeO

LeeO is a company dedicated to the Registration of individual pigs from birth to consumption. LeeO is an application for farmers, researchers and processors. It maps out a pig’s entire life cycle: from birth to slaughter and processing of the meat. LeeO records all significant events within the pig’s life cycle, connecting all stages of the production cycle. Please watch the introduction video of this business.

NEDAP

Nedap Livestock Management is a world leader in automation within the livestock industry thanks to its individual animal identification technique. Nedap's simple technology continuously manages and administrates millions of pigs every day at the world's best farmers. Please watch the introduction video of this business.

Nooyen Pig Flooring

Nooyen Pig Flooring is the market leader by developing and producing innovative solutions and quality products with a focus on animal welfare, hygiene and economic benefit for the livestock farmer. Nooyen offers a total package in floor systems for farrowing pens, sows, piglet breeding and fatteners.

Depending on your individual requirements you can select V-shaped steel, coated slats, cast-iron slats or a combination of these materials. Please watch the introduction video of this business.

Roodbont Publishers

Roodbont Publishers is an international publishing company specializing in tailor-made knowledge for farmers, agricultural advisers, veterinarians and leading companies in the agricultural sector worldwide.

Roodbont Publishers delivers content and practical training programs that have helped 2 million farmers worldwide improving their technical and economic output.  Roodbont delivers validated knowledge tools in Spanish, to obtain the best results possible for Argentine farm workers and managers. Please watch the introduction video of this business.

MS Schippers

MS Schippers serves livestock farmers and goes to great lengths for it. MS Schippers continuously develops products and services which allow the farmer to “improve farming¨ with a special focus on hygiene and optimal care of the animals.  With good hygiene, the farmer can also ensure that animals feel better, live better and bring more returns. Please watch the introduction video of this business.

TopigsNorsvin

Topigs Norsvin is the most innovative swine genetic company in the world. The first company at European level.

Topigs Norsvin provides products with high genetic merit and solutions for the pig production and industry. We have the best team of professionals focusing on our clients to obtain the greatest benefit and evolution of the potential of Topigs Norsvin products. Please watch the introduction video of this business.

VDZ Trading

Van der Zanden is specialist in used and new equipment for the slaughtering, meat processing and related waste management systems. Please watch the introduction video of this business.

Veldman Group

Veldman Group provides turn-key stables, with a specialty in pig stables. The entire process can be provided from the design, the construction, technical equipment, to the training on site. The design is tailored to the specific situation and location to realize the best performance on the farm. We supply high quality European equipment from our own brand and from trusted suppliers. Please watch the introduction video of this business.

Wageningen University & Research

‘To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life’ is the mission of Wageningen University & Research. Over 6,500 employees and 12,000 students from more than hundred countries work everywhere around the world in the domain of healthy food and living environment for governments and the business community-at-large.

The strength of Wageningen University & Research lies in its ability to join the forces of specialized research institutes and the university. It also lies in the combined efforts of the various fields of natural and social sciences. Please watch the introduction video of this university.

Coordinator: JV-Events

JV-events has many years of organisation experience within the agricultural sector in general and the pig sector in specific. JV-events has been responsible for the organisation of trade missions, congresses, events and field trips for many Dutch agri-food companies such as For Farmers, Geurts, Rabobank, Agrifirm and even the European Rural Parliament.

In 2018 JV-events organised a private pig mission to Argentina in cooperation with Agrivalue SA and is therefore well known by the majority of the companies interested in the PIB project (Agrovision, Nedap, Nooyen) and participated in the field mission to the Netherlands visiting various slaughter facilities (amongst others with technology of VDZ trading).

Liaison - Agrivalue SA

Agrivalue is an internationally operating business consulting firm specialized in business development support within the agri-food industry from primary production to processing, marketing and sales.

The company has broad experience with the Argentine pig production chain as it has executed several business plans and feasibility studies for (inter)national enterprises with interest in investment in pig production and processing in Argentina.