Hof Prüser Agrar

Farm presentation:

• 153 Holsteins and 44 Jerseys plus female offspring.
• Year-round stable management with partial TMR via mixed wagon and transponder feeding (milking parlour/station)
• Herd yield of 10,412 with 4.00 fat and 3.45 protein

What is most appreciated about the support from CowSupport:

• Our advisor is on site in a fixed rhythm but also additionally on request in a timely manner and supports us in making the right decisions for our herd.
• The adviser always goes into the stable between our animals and checks the entire herd. If necessary, faeces, urine or blood samples are also taken in order to quickly uncover problems and to be able to correct them in a targeted manner.
• The fact that the Dairy Guard can be divided up farm-by-farm according to Holstein and Jerseys enables us to have an exact overview of the herd and is a great advantage for our management.

Goals

• Improve utilisation period and animal health
• Optimisation of land management and forage quality

Wilhelm u. Renate Scheele GbR

Farm presentation:

• 130 dairy cows & 90 female offspring
• Milking is done with two Lely Astronaut A4
• Herd yield : 11.000kg milk at 3,85% fat and 3,35% protein

What is most appreciated about the support from CowSupport:

• We enjoy the short distances and the on-site visits to the barn. In addition, the advisors are able to answer questions promptly and are quick to respond to problems.
• The advice has shown us possibilities for improvement and helps to keep the farm blindness under control. Developments are taking place that further advance our farm management and improve the animal health of the herd.

Goals

• Improve the life span and animal health, especially hoof health.
• An even better view of feeding and control of feed costs.

Focken, Dirk

Farm presentation:

• 82 dairy cows with offspring, mating heifers outsourced.
• Pasture grazing and daily stall feeding via mixing wagon + transponder feeding (milking parlor / station)
• 11.000l herd perfomance at 4,09% fat and 3,56% protein with 2 milking times

What is most appreciated about the support from CowSupport:

• Constant accessibility
• Immediate action in case of problems
• Good data evaluation and timeliness

Goals

• Consolidation of current performance level
• Improvement of useful life and lifetime performance

Pott GbR

Farm presentation:

• 250 dairy cows
• Double 20’s swing-over, full TMR,
• 10,500l herd performance with 3.8% fat 3.48% protein

What is most appreciated about the support from CowSupport:

• Attention to cow signals
• Good evaluation of the data
• Farm specific feeding and management advice
• Quick help in case of problems
• Short communication channels and good networking

Successes to date:

• Improvement of animal health
• Improvement in hoof health
• Performance improvement in milk yield as well as ingredients

Goals

• Increase in useful life
• Further improvement of hoof health
• Cost reduction in existing animal health (also through cultivation of own feed)

Hof Rheinhard Eickhoff GbR

Farm presentation:

• 220 dairy cows, bull fattening, biogas
• 4 milking robots (Lely)
• Daily one feeding via mixing wagon, partial TMR

What is most appreciated about the support from CowSupport:

• Honest advice: -> positive, as well as negative things are honestly addressed, discussed and debated.
• Independence

Successes to date:

• Improvement in hoof health
• Animal health (cell counts down, fertility significantly improved)
• Stabilization of performance and improvement of ingredients

Goals

• Animal health and useful life in focus
• Herd performance of 10,000l

Maria Kocks GbR

Farm presentation:

• 70 dairy cows with offspring, chicken fattening.
• Milking robot (Lely)
• Daily one feeding via mixing wagon, partial TMR

What is most appreciated about the support from CowSupport:

• Independence of advice
• Uncomplicatedness and quick problem solving
• Close look at the cows
• Imparting knowledge, especially about feeding/feedstuffs

Successes to date:

• Increase in output to 11,500 l
• Increase in fertility
• Better utilization of the farm’s own feedstuffs
• Feeding adapted to performance and animal health

Goals

• Healthy herd with few problems
• Performance increase through old and healthy cows.

Dommerhold KG

Farm presentation:

• 240 dairy cows
• Milking parlor double 10s (Side by Side)
• Daily one feeding (full TMR) + attract feed in the milking parlor

What is most appreciated about the support from CowSupport:

• Constant accessibility
• Ambition in solving problems
• Open to new ways of doing things with simple but high-quality components

Successes to date:

• Significant health improvement
• Increase in herd level from <7,000 l to nearly 9,500 l

Goals

• Healthy herd with few problems
• Performance increase through old and healthy cows.

Esbach, Hermann-Josef

Farm presentation:

• 135 dairy cows with female offspring
• 2 milking robots (DeLaval)
• Daily one feeding (partial TMR) + robot feeding

What is most appreciated about the support from CowSupport:

• Independence of the advice (optimization from the animal’s point of view).
• Consideration of overall farm influences
• Total package crucial (data evaluation, barn rounds, cow signals).

Successes to date:

• Reduction of concentrate consumption
• Increased use of on-farm feeds

Goals

• Ensure herd health
• Good utilization of on-farm feeds
• Fulfillment of company requirements (non-GMO, regional)
• Promotion of health and robustness of the herd.