Econ 496

Econ 496 - Travel Course

Agricultural Production, Business, and Trade in Spain and France

March 13-25, 2003

The Economics Department at Iowa State University sponsored a travel course to Spain and France in 2003, called Econ 496: Agricultural Production, Business, and Trade in Spain and France. A total of 24 students and three advisors participated in this course and completed the trip abroad in mid-March. The focus of the study program was agricultural production and trade in both Spain and France. The actual trip included tours of the Northern region of Spain and the Southern region of France with an additional stop in Paris. The following are businesses and locations we visited during our trip abroad, with links to sites containing information and pictures about each.

· The University of Lleida

· A fully integrated meat packing facility in Spain (Guissona)

· A Spanish fruit processing cooperative (Actel)

· A winery in Spain (Raimat)

· A winery cooperative in France (Cave de Fronton)

· Spanish oil processing plant (Borges)

· A seed cleaning and packaging facility in Spain (Batlle)

· A cassoulet factory in France (Spanghero)

· The Farm Machinery Fair in Mollerussa, Spain

· An alfalfa dehydrating plant in Spain (Transalfals)

· A research farm in the Pyrenees Mountains, Spain (Garcipollera)

· Some additional pictures from the trip.