Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Professional Tour Program for Dairy in Israel (Tour EST2016/5032)


Day 1:
Arrival to Ben Gurion Int.
Transfer to your hotel.
Welcome drink at the hotel.  Diner and overnight at your hotel.

Day 2:
·         Visit to SCR ENGINEERS LTD, in Netanya – develops, manufactures, markets and supports sophisticated dairy management systems & milking equipment factory. Introduction to the S.C.R milking/management (incl. rumination tags).
·         Visit village’s dairy farms in Kfar Vitkin.
·         Mr. Eitan Golan – small dairy farmer, free stalls, milking robot.
·         Mr. Shai Banshaul low tech farm, 100 cows/ 11,000 kg avg.
Diner and overnight at your hotel.

Day 3:
·         Visit to feed center Kfar Vitkin, who supplies the food for the farms on the villages, 200 tons per day.
·         Mr. Arnon Oshri – 65 cows / 12,000 kg avg, cultivating loose housing. Overview of israeli Dairy sector and open discussion the future of dairy farming.
·         Visit to SION – Insemination Center of Isarel the only insemination company in Israel, inseminate over 95% of the cows.
·         Visit to Cow and Buffalo dairy factory at farm village Bitsaron.
·         Driving to Jerusalem.
Diner and overnight in Jerusalem.


Day 4:
Touristic day in Jerusalem.


Day 5:
Touristic day on the way to the north.
·         Visit the Dead Sea.
·         Visit of Massada.
Diner and overnight in a Kibbutz near the Sea of Galilee.


Day 6:
·         Visit to SAE AFIKIM factory “AFIMILK SYSTEMS” dairy management systems & milking equipment (working with full wood) projects, develops, manufactures.
·         Visit to AFIKIM dairy farm 300 milking cows, 4 million liter/year and experiment farm for AFIMILK factory.
·         Visit Sneidman Family at Moshavat Kinneret for Agro-turism and movie about the first settlements in the area.
·         Traveling around the Sea of Galilee where Jesus was walking on the water.
·         Visit milk farm in Ramat Hagolan – Yonathan, operated by SAE Afimilk systems, producing 13 million titer/year with a feed center that supplies own farm and sells to outside clients.
Diner and overnight in a Kibbutz near the Sea of Galilee.


Day 7:
·         Visit the milk production Dairy of TNOUVA ALON TAVOR producing – yogurt, milk, white cheese and other dairy products.
·         Visit the Kibbutz Merchavia a recycling center of A.C RECYCLING COMPANY.
·         Visit on HARDOUF ORGANIC kibbutz farm (organic farm for vegetables and dairy production using exclusively natural addictive’s products in the animal food and vegetables treatment.
·         Visit to  Village farm working with Solar Energy Solution.
·         Visit to Kfar Yeoshua Food Center.
·         Visit Tamir Family fattening calf farm, with 1000 cattle heads, partially importing cattle from different parts of Europe and feeding from feed center. 
Diner and overnight in a Kibbutz near the Sea of Galilee.
 
Day 8:
·         Touristic visit to Nazareth the holy city of Jesus.
·         Visit and seminar at ICBA (Israel cattle breeding association) in Caesarea, introducing the association activities. ICBA is a non-lucrative association of cooperative and collective dairy farmers, maintening close relations with all entities concerned with dairying, for the mutual benefit of dairy producers and consumers. ICBA represents and safeguards the interests of dairy farmers and of the dairy industry, within the socio-political framework.
·         Visit to Hachaklait – Veterinarian Association, providing veterinarian services to 90% of the Israeli dairy cattle (fields of expertise: Herd Health & Epidemiology, Lameness, Ultrasound, Young stock & Replacement, Parasitology, Nutrition & Clinical nutrition, Small Ruminants, Beef & feedlot).
·         Visit to the National Laboratory for milk analyses and quality with Dr. Marina, laboratory manager.