"The cows now enjoy total freedom in the stalls, this is very nice to see. "
At the Sterkenburgh family's dairy farm in Ferwoude, in the north of the Netherlands, a part of the stalls have recently been replaced by the Dreamstalls with Dutch Mountain cow mattresses. Farmer Sjoerd Sterkenburgh tells enthusiastically about his experiences.
Experience Gaec de la Croisiere
At Farm of the Coursière family some cows are kept on straw bedding and other in cubicles. The farmer wished to be able to house the cows on straw as well as in the cubicles. His goal was to equalize these two types of cowbeds in terms of comfort.
Comfortably before the winter starts
On a Swedish dairy farm in Brålanda, nearby Göteborg in Sweden, 135 old cow mats have been replaced with Dutch Mountain cow mattresses to increase the comfort of the cows.
Experience Antoon en Myke
From a traditionally tie-stall barn to a spacious modern dairy farm. The dairy farm of the Smits and Theeuwes family in Ukraine has made a major transformation over the years. Two new free stall barns are completed and the existing barn has been renovated to give the cows more comfort. Both in the new and existing barn, the cows can enjoy the comfort of the Friesian Island cow mattress and Wisconsin stall divider.|
Experiences of Veenstra Farms
The Veenstra brothers are real dairy farmers. The welfare of the cows is of paramount importance to them. In order to offer the right cow comfort in the existing barn, they recently invested in new cowmattresses and cubicles.
Experiences of Eelkje and Gonnie Kingma
For three years now, sisters Gonnie and Eelkje Kingma have been in charge of the daily management of a 90-head herd of dairy cows. Many changes have taken place over the past three years.
Experiences of Albert Folkertsma
Dairy farmer Albert Folkertsma from Donkerbroek offers his herd three different types of mattresses in the barn. The cows have a choice, but one mattress is the clear favourite: the Dutch Mountain.
Dutch Mountains in Switzerland
In recent months our distributor Grüter has realized beautiful projects in which various barns are equipped with Dutch Mountain cow mattresses, and there are more to follow in the near future.
