Farm report, Germany: Dairy farming a different way pays off

27-08-2020 | |
The pasturing cows are fed twice a day with a feedmixer. 3 The group at the second site has a paved feeding place next to the milking parlour of about 100 metres long and 20 metres wide.  Photos: Henk Riswick
The pasturing cows are fed twice a day with a feedmixer. 3 The group at the second site has a paved feeding place next to the milking parlour of about 100 metres long and 20 metres wide. Photos: Henk Riswick
About 370 of Rainer Schmitt’s dairy cows are grazing in two groups. Only the close up group of cows are in the barn. This is remarkable, because in almost every part of Germany, and especially in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR), keeping cows inside is the norm. PROFILE Name: Rainer Schmitt (46) is farm manager and owns a quarter of the stocks of the Agrargenossenschaft Baruther Urstromtal in Baruth/Mark. It contains two separate farms. Farms: The first one has 450 Jerseys with


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