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As Area Sales Managers for Latin America, we get a lot of questions about the famous grazing system in New Zealand. Of course we always do our best to answer these questions, but it’s difficult if you have not seen the system in practice. We recently got the opportunity to travel to New Zealand to learn more about the grazing system. Do you like to know what we learnt at the other side of the planet? Keep reading!

How efficiently a cow converts feed into milk has a huge influence on the profitability of a farm. Efficiency is partly achieved by cows that grow old in good health and with no problems, which contributes to a low replacement rate. Another aspect is the clear genetic differences in feed efficiency. Accordingly, there is a high focus on these traits within the scope of CRV’s breeding programme. The December 2022 index run confirms that this focus delivers the right results.

This year, the edition of EuroTier took place from 15th till 18th November in Hannover. EuroTier is the world's leading trade fair for animal husbandry and livestock management. With over more than 2,600 exhibitors on 280,000 m² in 18 exhibition halls (60% of them international exhibitors) and with 160,000 visitors is the EuroTier the world’s leading trade fair for animal husbandry and livestock management and of course CRV was here with our own booth in hall 11, booth E18.

‘Ever since I was a child, my family helped out on the farm: my brother was on the tractor, my sisters helped with the cats, goats and rabbits, and I loved being among the cows. I’ve always enjoyed helping out with the cows. And I’d say that is still the case, even now that I co-own the farm with my parents and we work together every day. We know all of our cows individually. Even from a distance, we can see exactly which cow is on heat or which one has something wrong with her. We know the pedigree and milk yield of each cow off by heart. The bond we have with our cows is really special and that is what I believe makes the job so rewarding.’

CRV would like to congratulate Jos, Ingrid and Ben Knoef from Geesteren on the hundredth cow to have achieved a lifetime production of more than 100,000 kg of milk on their farm.

In the financial year 2021-2022, the average lifetime production of dairy cows in the Netherlands rose by almost 1,800 kg to 37,401 kg of milk. The lifespan of the cows rose by almost two months.