Pre- and Post Congress Tours
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Instructions for farm visits.doc
Monday June 9, 2008
08:00 Registration (Kuopio Music Centre)
08:30 Buses leave from Kuopio Music Centre towards Pieksämäki
11:30
- Bus A: Arrival to Sonnihovi AI-station
- Bus B: Arrival to Tissala dairy farm
13:00 Lunch at Pöyhölä Parsonage
15:00
- Bus A: Kukkaromäki farm, Leppävirta
- Bus B: Suihkonen dairy farm, Suonenjoki
15:45 Buses leave back towards Kuopio
16:45 Buses arrive to Kuopio Music Centre
More information
FARM_of_Suihkonen.pdf
Kukkaromaki_FARM.pdf
Tissala_FARM.pdf
Sonnihovi_FARM.pdf
Suomeksi (in Finnish only):
- Sonnihovin keinosiemennysasema
- Pöyhölä
- Kukkaromäki
Friday June 13, 2008
08:30 Buses leave from Kuopio Music Centre
10:00 Arrival to Peltoniemi
- Lecture in auditorium by A.David Weaver, Code of Working Practice between National Association of Cattle Foot Trimmers (NACFT) and British Cattle Veterinary Association (BCVA)
- Peltoniemi is a school farm with a modern cow shed, which includes an automatic milking system.
- Protective clothing will be available on the farm.
- Hoof trimming demonstrations with different methods and equipments
- Visit to Peltosalmi farm in small groups
Coffee: Refreshments and muurinpohjalettu (traditional Finnish large griddle pancake)
Lunch: Salmon soup and local rye bread
- You can also try rowing a traditional Finnish boat ("Church Boat") at the lake by the farm
15:30 Buses leave from Peltosalmi to Kuopio
- One bus is going via Kuopio Airport to the hotels
17:00 Arrival to Kuopio
More information
in English, French and Finnish:
- Peltosalmi farm
- Finnish delicacies
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