Andriivka Ltd.

 

Andriivka village, Kegichiv district, Kharkiv region

Farm specializes in crop production and livestock breeding.

Owners process 3 thousand hectares of land. Total herd size is 663 heads, including 245 milking cows.
All animals, except milking cows, are kept in open lots.

Cows are milked in milking pipeline (DeLaval). There is automated herd management program DelPro at the farm. Average milk yield in 2017 was 7,245 kg per forage cow and 8,309 kg per milking cow, with a fat content 3.7%, protein content — 3.24%. In 2018 they plan to reach 8,500 and 9,500 kg, respectively. Average daily milk yield is 23.7 kg per forage cow and 27.6 kg per milking cow. About 70 heads give over 40 kg of milk per day.

Milking is three times a day. There are 6 milking operators at the farm. Milk is cooled in two tanks with a capacity of 6 and 3.3 tons.

Every day farm produces almost 7 tons of Extra Grade milk. The raw milk is sold at Kharkiv Dairy Plant (branch of Wimm-Bill-Dann JSC).

Dairy cow ration includes corn silage, alfalfa hay and haylage, sunflower meal, soybean cake, corn brewers' grain, premix, soda and yeast, corn grain.

Milk calves are kept in individual cages. Feed them with whole pasteurized milk twice a day for 4 liters each time. Calf is weaned when it eats at least 1.5 kg of feed mix per day (within 3 days). Water and feed mix are near them from the first days of life.

After weaning, replacement youngstock is transferred to the open lots. Bull calf is fattened to achieve 400 kg of weight, and then is sold.

Heifers are breed at the age of 12 months. They are inseminated with sexed semen.