What it takes to manage 200 organic dairy cows in Denmark

10-11-2023 | Farm visits | Article

When the cows comes in from summer grazing to the barn, they are given approximately 1 tonne of wholeseed for the first month, after which they are fed with grass silage. Photos supplied.

Denmark’s and one of Europe’s largest dairy companies, Andelsselskabet Arla Foods, has 8,492 members in 7 countries, namely Denmark, Great Britain, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxemburg and Belgium. In Denmark, there are 2,132 milk producers and of these, 214 are organic farmers. Dairy Global visited one of these organic milk producers. Charlotte and Henning with their son Andreas together run the organic dairy f

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