Herd Health
We believe in intensive service at all levels: sick individual cows, herd health, prevention and control of infectious and production diseases, as well as food safety and animal welfare. Vets ought to visit each farm two to three times a week, and each cow receives several routine visits per lactation, to make sure she is producing at maximal effciency. Cows are checked after calving for both clinical and sub clinical diseases, for reproductive status and before drying up.
Feeding
It is well known that young cows have a relatively greater persistency of milk yield during their lactation, and if deprived of sufficient feed their development and growth will suffer. Many farms today separate heifers from more mature animals. For these young cows one uniform level of feeding is being practiced and little attention is paid to feeding norms, on the assumption that whatever feed was offered above requirements for milk yield would be utilised for growth, this producing a better mature animal.
Milk Quality
Cost-efficient production of milk is the first indispensable step towards the survival of dairy operators, farmers and processors alike. However, the real challenge goes far beyond and regards the market as a whole, including eventual particularities of consumer demand and taste. Since the milk produced on the farm constitutes the exclusive raw material for the entire dairy industry, the accent is on quality.
