CEO of Big Dutchman receives Max Eyth Gold Medal - Outstanding services to the development of EuroTier, agriculture and the DLG - Award ceremony at the International Poultry Event on 11 November in the run-up to EuroTier 2024
At EuroTier 2024 in Hanover, Germany, the Executive Board of the DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft e. V.) has honoured Bernd Meerpohl, CEO of the Big Dutchman group of companies from Calveslage- Wechta, with the Max Eyth Gold Medal. DLG President Hubertus Paetow presented the medal at the International Poultry Event, which took place on the eve of EuroTier. He honoured Meerpohl's outstanding services to agriculture and the DLG. For more than 30 years, Bernd Meerpohl, in his role as a member and head of the Exhibitor Advisory Board, has made a significant contribution to EuroTier becoming the world's leading trade fair for professional animal husbandry and livestock management. In his role, Meerpohl promotes professional and constructive cooperation between the international livestock sector and the DLG.
”The fact that EuroTier has achieved its current position is not least thanks to Bernd Meerpohl,“ emphasised DLG President Paetow in his laudatory speech. Meerpohl has been an honorary member of the EuroTier Exhibitor Advisory Board since 1994 and has chaired this body since 2004. In this role, Meerpohl has made a significant contribution to the further development and success of EuroTier. As the world's leading trade fair for professional animal husbandry, EuroTier is now much more than just a trade fair; it is the central meeting place for the entire industry and a melting pot for innovations, ideas and pioneering technologies.
‘With a clear vision, strategic skill and a deep understanding of the needs of the industry, Bernd Meerpohl has continuously helped to drive the trade fair forward. He has never shied away from breaking new ground and driving forward bold decisions - always with the aim of promoting progress in agriculture and animal husbandry,’ Paetow continued. The extent to which Meerpohl is able to anticipate trends in animal husbandry and respond to this change and the resulting need for new platforms to meet the challenges of the future with concrete, successful concepts can be seen, for example, in the new Inhouse Farming Food & Feed Show. It is a particularly impressive example of Bernd Meerpohl's innovative strength,” emphasised Paetow.
Bernd Meerpohl is one of the most influential personalities in the livestock farming industry, as the long-standing Managing Director of Big Dutchman International GmbH, later Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Big Dutchman AG and, since autumn 2024, again as interim CEO of the Big Dutchman Group. Big Dutchman is one of the world's largest companies for innovative feeding systems, barn equipment and climate control systems for pig and poultry farming. Big Dutchman employs around 3,100 people and, with subsidiaries and partners in over 150 countries on all five continents, generates a total annual turnover of around one billion euros.
”With his commitment, Bernd Meerpohl has not only made a valuable contribution to the further development of EuroTier, but also to the promotion of German and international agriculture as a whole,“ Paetow concluded his speech and presented the DLG's highest honour, the Max Eyth Gold Medal, with the deepest thanks from the DLG Executive Board. This is awarded to individuals who have rendered outstanding services to agriculture and the DLG.
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About DLG
With more than 31,000 members, DLG is a politically independent and non-profit organisation. DLG draws on an international network of some 3,000 food and agricultural experts. Through its subsidiary, DLG International, DLG operates has subsidiaries in nine countries and also organizes over 30 regional agricultural and livestock exhibitions worldwide. DLG’s leading international exhibitions, EuroTier for livestock farming and Agritechnica for agricultural machinery, which are held every two years in Hanover, Germany, provide international impetus for the local trade fairs. Headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, DLG conducts practical trials and tests to keep its members informed of the latest developments. DLG’s sites include DLG's International Crop Production Centre, a 600-hectare test site in Bernburg-Strenzfeld, Germany and the DLG Test Centre, Europe's largest agricultural machinery test centre for Technology and Farm Inputs, located in Gross-Umstadt, Germany. DLG bridges the gap between theory and practice, as evidenced by more than 40 working groups of farmers, academics, agricultural equipment companies and organisations that continually compare advances in knowledge in specific areas such as irrigation and precision farming.
