Grazing popular with FrieslandCampina members

314 FrieslandCampina dairy farmers switched to grazing this year. The dairy cooperative is pleased with this increase, because a grazing cow is good for social acceptance.  

Frans Keurentjes, chairman of the dairy cooperative, speaks of a positive development and says he is happy with the new 'grazing land'. "The visibility of the cow contributes to social acceptance and to the image of dairy farming." In 2016, 78,2% of dairy farmers applied grazing. FrieslandCampina wants to boost that percentage.

Back to 2012 standard
FrieslandCampina's target for this is the percentage of grazing farms in 2012. At that time, 81% of the dairy farmers applied grazing. In 2020 FrieslandCampina wants to be at this level again. That is why the dairy cooperative organizes grazing clinics. Members can also receive tailor-made advice.

This year, for the time being, this has led to 314 new grazing farms. It is still difficult to say how much percentage growth that is. This is because a number of members have stopped or have terminated their membership.

Incentive premium
Dairy farmers who graze their cows for at least 120 days a year, for at least 6 hours a day, can count on a meadow grazing supplement of €1,50 per 100 kilos of milk.  

Wouter Job

Wouter Baan is Head of Meat & Dairy at BoerenbusinessAt DCA Market Intelligence, he focuses on dairy, pork, and meat markets. He also monitors (business) developments within agribusiness and interviews CEOs and policymakers.

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