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2009

Clear plans for the future

Danish Crown’s members supply raw materials to the company daily. Pigs, sows and cattle constitute the Group’s most important resources. In the past year, financial pressures on members have grown, which has led to falling numbers of animals for slaughter.

Clear plans for the futureNew settlement system strengthens competitivenessFarmers in the kitchenUnited we standGrowing interest in piglets
Have you thought about visiting Denmark’’s Most Beautiful Pigsty at this year’’s Skanderborg Festival?
13.08.09

Serving science

Four doctors and researchers from Aarhus University Hospital stand around the patient trying to generate imbalances in the heart. Or a defect which they can then treat.

28.05.09

United we stand

The flags have been hoisted, the gravel raked and a discreet sign by the roadside announces the open house event at the Poulsen family farm. On a bare field outside Høve on Zealand, Poulsen I/S has built a housing unit with space for 1,070 sows and an annual production of approx. 32,000 30-kg piglets.

23.06.09

SUCCESSFUL TRIAL SCHEME

Since November last year, Danish Crown’s Beef Division has been inviting new suppliers to try out the benefits of being a member for six months. As a bonus supplier you receive DKK 0.70 per kg in addition to the normal price during the trial period, but you are not entitled to any supplementary payment.

19.01.09

PIG PRODUCERS AND DC PRAISED IN CANON

The Monday Morning weekly has, together with five leading professors, selected twelve Danish leadership successes to be included in a new leadership canon. Danish pig production has been chosen as one of the twelve biggest successes, and Danish Crown is mentioned in particular as a key player in Danish pig production.

04.11.08

MORE ADVICE FOR OWNERS

- In recent years, DC Member Service has started offering a number of new services. Previously DC Member Service handled a predominance of practical tasks in connection with settlements, but now we provide far more advice about various aspects of deliveries and the settlement system as well as personal service, says Vagner Bøge, Deputy Chief Executive of DC Member Service.

11.06.09

PIG NO. 15,000,000 IN HORSENS

One pig, two pigs, three pigs ... Danish Crown’s slaughterhouse in Horsens opened four years ago and has since gradually expanded capacity. Both in step with the running- in of the slaughterhouse and the individual lines and with the granting of the necessary environmental approvals.

17.10.08

HAULIERS' MEETING ON ANIMAL WELFARE

Last week, 27 hauliers and drivers who normally deliver cattle to the Beef Division’s slaughterhouse in Tønder opted to spend the afternoon with vets ...

27.04.09

- We look at the rumps and backs

At the end of April 2009, 15 farmers gathered at the cattle slaughterhouse in Tønder near the German border to take a closer look at seven animals, four young bulls and three heifers, to assess them before and after slaughter.

Pig producers and DC praised in Canon

The Monday Morning weekly has, together with five leading professors, selected twelve Danish leadership successes to ...

Clear plans for the futurePig no. 15,000,000 in HorsensServing scienceHauliers' meeting on animal welfare
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We have a joint task and a shared responsi- bility

-Kjeld Johannesen | CEO

We have a joint task and a shared responsibility. And we can only see the task through if we believe in it. Reducing Danish Crown’s payroll costs by 20 per cent per kilogramme represents a huge challenge. But we have come a quarter of the way, and I feel confident we can achieve our goal with the rest. You have to think what the alternative is.

05.06.09

New settlement system strengthens competitiveness

In October 2009, Danish Crown is introducing its DC Settlement System to give members the chance to adapt and optimise their deliveries and production of pigs for slaughter.

13.08.09

GROWING INTEREST IN PIGLETS

Empty pens, cheap grain and attractive financing are currently making for hectic activity at DC Member Service. In fact, more and more members are calling to find out more about the new DC Settlement System at a time when Danish pig production is slowly becoming more profitable.

08.01.09

BETTER SERVICE ATTRACTS NEW OWNERS

Geddebækholm lies on the outskirts of Kjellerup in central Jutland. Located up a gravel road behind a low range of hills, the focus at this highly professional farm is on efficiency and precise production management.

06.04.09

- We must deliver all the pigs we can

In the south-western corner of Denmark, Klaus Rehse works as CEO of Tønder Kartofler A/S, a potato producer.

19.05.09

Farmers in the kitchen

Danish Crown is unpacking the tents, polishing the woks and preparing for next season’s kitchen caravans which travel round to cattle shows, food fairs and the occasional festival.

- The smell of lemon, parsley and fresh vegetables will fill the air when we invite Danes inside our tents to cook and ...

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A new dawn

The world’s most modern slaughterhouse early one morning in January 2009. Just before daybreak. Just before the first pigs arrive to be slaughtered.

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Approved for export to the USA

People are making a big effort at the factories. The employees should be praised for all their hard work.

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Clear plans for the future

Danish Crown’s members supply raw materials to the company daily. Pigs, sows and cattle constitute the Group’s most important resources.

Pig producers and DC p...More advice for ownersPig no. 15,000,000 in ...Hauliers' meeting on a...Serving science

Two sides of the coin

The employees are committed to DC Future, and many have suggested how habits can be changed and work routines made more effective.

Lots of good ideasDanish Crown best work...From casing cleaner to...DC employees to Russia100.000 visitors in Ho...

Possibly the best beef in the world

A stone’s throw from Kongens Nytorv lies one of the city’s hottest restaurants.

World class in Finderu...Tulip LTD named best B...Good prices = Good salesNo. 1 in GreeceDanish Crown is wholes...