Value Farm Consulting Co., Ltd.

Value Farm Consulting Co., Ltd. (VFC) is a Japanese professional-services firm that provides veterinary, hygiene and farm-management consulting to pig producers. The company is headquartered at 1704-3 Nishi-oi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, and was established on 25 April 2001 with stated capital of JPY 3 million. Its representative director is Katsumasa Go, a veterinarian whose profile the company publishes on its website. VFC's stated business scope covers technical and management consulting for swine production, human-resource training for capability development, operation of animal clinical facilities, and brokerage of livestock sales. The firm positions itself around a mission of "creating valuable pig farming that is indispensable to the region" (地域に必要不可欠な価値ある養豚の創造). Its published corporate creed sets out four wishes — the health of pigs, the happiness of producers, the happiness of consumers and the happiness of employees — and a set of behavioural guidelines adapted from the "Seven Habits" framework, alongside a personal code drawn from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Wang Yangming. This blend of veterinary practice and management philosophy is characteristic of VFC's identity as a specialist advisory house rather than a generalist consultancy. VFC's service model combines on-farm veterinary practice with structured knowledge transfer. The website describes a client-only area that hosts technical documents and literature, including materials on anatomy and physiology, biosecurity, surgical procedures such as prolapse treatment and scrotal hernia taping, and shipping-depot design. The firm also runs recurring joint seminars with an organisation referred to as "Summit" — the site records the 10th through 14th editions of these joint seminars between 2010 and 2015 — and has posted reports from international gatherings including IPVS 2012 in Jeju, Korea, and the 4th Asian Pig Veterinary Society congress (APVS 2009). As a small, privately held company, VFC does not disclose financial results publicly and is not listed on a stock exchange. Its banking relationships, as published, are with the Ushiku-Higashi branch of Joyo Bank and the Ushiku branch of the Ibaraki Prefectural Credit Cooperative. The company's market is domestic: it serves Japanese pig farms and pig-production enterprises, and its public communications are in Japanese. Its relevance to the wider industry lies in the transfer of international swine-veterinary knowledge — through seminar reports, overseas study tours and conference participation — into Japanese farm practice.

Value Farm Consulting Co., Ltd. was established on 25 April 2001 in Japan, with stated capital of JPY 3 million, and is led by representative director Katsumasa Go, a veterinarian. From its base in Tsukuba, Ibaraki — a city known nationally as a science and research centre — the firm built its practice around veterinary and management support for pig producers, an unusual niche that combines clinical swine medicine with farm business advice. The company's public record shows a steady programme of knowledge-building and industry engagement through the 2000s and 2010s. Its website documents participation in international swine-veterinary events, including the 4th Asian Pig Veterinary Society congress (APVS 2009) and IPVS 2012 in Jeju, Korea, with reports published for the Japanese producer audience. Alongside these, VFC ran a recurring series of joint seminars with an organisation referred to as "Summit"; the site records editions from the 10th (2010) through the 14th (2015), with materials deposited in a client-only document library. In April 2012 the company announced an organisational change and the relocation of its head office, a step reflected in its current registered address at 1704-3 Nishi-oi, Tsukuba. The client-only portal became a central part of the service model, accumulating technical literature on topics such as anatomy and physiology, biosecurity in livestock production, prolapse treatment, scrotal hernia taping, and shipping-depot design, as well as seminar and overseas study-tour materials. The portal was renewed in September 2020. VFC has remained a small, privately held company. It publishes no financial statements and has no stock-exchange listing. Its stated banking relationships are with the Ushiku-Higashi branch of Joyo Bank and the Ushiku branch of the Ibaraki Prefectural Credit Cooperative, and it retains an accounting advisory firm in Ushiku. Its corporate philosophy — a mission of creating valuable pig farming indispensable to the region, four wishes covering pigs, producers, consumers and employees, and behavioural guidelines adapted from the "Seven Habits" — has been a stable element of its public identity. The firm continues to operate as a specialist advisory house for the Japanese swine sector.

• Value Farm Consulting Co., Ltd. established with capital of JPY 3 million.

• Report on the 4th Asian Pig Veterinary Society congress (APVS 2009) published.

• 10th Summit–VFC joint seminar held (announced April 2010, postponed May 2010, held later in 2010).

• Report on the 11th Summit–VFC joint seminar published.

• Organisational change and head-office relocation announced.

• Report on participation in IPVS 2012 in Jeju, Korea, published.

• Details of the 13th Summit–VFC joint seminar published.

• Materials from the 14th Summit–VFC joint seminar and Dr. Connor premium seminar added to client page.

• Client-only web page renewed.

Specialist veterinary and management consultancy for the Japanese pig-farming industry, combining on-farm clinical practice with structured knowledge transfer and international benchmarking.

• Swine technical and management consulting

  Veterinary hygiene and production guidance for pig enterprises and farms.

• Human-resource training

  Capability-development training for pig-production personnel.

• Animal clinical facility operation

  Operation of veterinary clinical facilities as listed in the company's business scope.

• Livestock sales brokerage

  Intermediation in livestock sales.

• Client-only document library

  Online repository of technical literature, seminar materials and overseas study reports.

1. 1VFCバリューファーム・コンサルティング家畜診療所：養豚獣医・農場コンサルvfc.co.jp
2. 2会社概要vfc.co.jp
3. 3Value Farm Consulting (Japan) – Wikidatawikidata.org