Nutreco: Optimal calf performance

28-10-2014 | General | Article

Nutreco: Optimal calf performance

More than 270 dairy specialists from all corners of the world attended the Nutreco Global Dairy Calf Symposium in the Dutch city of Eindhoven over the last few days. Presenting their new LifeStart programme to increase efficiency in dairy production, the company focusses on ‘a window of opportunity’. Nutreco’s CEO Knut Nesse: “On average the world wide productivity of dairy cows is 30-40% under the genetic potential of the animals due to suboptimal conditions and hea

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