DLG and vTI
DLG and vTI (former FAL) were founders of EDF. Together with leading European Dairy Farmers the club was established in Stoneleigh (United Kingdom) in 1990.
vTI (Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries) under the Lead of Folkhard Isermeyer had the intention to establish a Cost of Production Comparison were all costs are taken into account. Since the mid 90ies this project has grown up to a number of data sets of 260 single farm results. Farmers within this comparison are able to compare their results with their colleagues at the EDF congress every year.
How FAL became vTI you can find here.
DLG The German Agricultural society (DLG e.V.) has supplied the management for EDF since its foundation. For EDF members DLG offers free membership for EDF members (separate application is required)