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Everything for calves in one central location: Individual calf housing, group housing and the Topcalf Care Unit. The Booijink family in Broekland (NL) is home to Topcalf's first 'Calf Village'. It is fully adapted to the wishes of the modern dairy farmer, with the focus on ease of work and the comfort of the calf.
In this 5th series, Topcalf visited Albers dairy farm. This very short article is about calf rearing and more:
In this 4th series we went to visit the Winters dairy farm in Breedenbroek. See the story and the photos in this article:
In this series we visit various Topcalf customers. They tell a short and concise story about their dairy farm in combination with some photos. In this third series the family Ter Bogt!
In this series, we visit various Topcalf customers. They tell a short and concise story about their business operations in combination with some photos. In this second series the family Klein Douwel from the Netherlands about their calf housing systems (short article)
In this series, we visit 5 Topcalf customers. They tell a short and concise story about their business operations in combination with some photos. First up: the Meyer family from Germany.
Recently we visited the Karrer family to hear about their reasons for choosing Topcalf and to hear what their experience is with Topcalf. In the video they explain why they chose for Topcalf and what in their eyes, are the advantages of Topcalf calf hutches. We would like to thank the Karrer family for their time and help in the making of this nice video.
Topcalf is going to move to a new location in 2021! We are very excited to see the first contours of our new location becominging visible as the groundwork has started. We will keep you posted on the process!
Calf igloo or calf hutch? Both calf housing systems have pros and cons. In this post we discuss why we believe in our calf hutch system over the calf igloo system.
In order for you calf to achieve an optimal growth the intake of sufficient colostrum milk is essential. Directly after birth the calves should drink as much as 4L of colostrum milk in the first few hours.
Multiple research has shown that the average daily growth of a calf before weaning has a major impact on the milk production as a cow. Therefore, proper management during this period is required. Check our findings in this article!
The discussion about indoor or outdoor calf housing systems have been going on since years already. Both systems have their pros and cons but no unanimous decision can yet be given.
