Passion and love

for our cows

Who we are
and what we do

Milk has been produced by the families of Ad and Annette van Velde for generations. In 1988 they moved from Moerkapelle (South Holland) to an existing dairy farm in Kantens in North Groningen. In 1999 a new location was founded, close to the old one. In 2016 we added a free-stall barn and started grazing again. This way we achieve even more cow comfort, more transparency, more sustainability, and take society’s expectations into account.

Worldwide expertise

European Dairy Farmers


The company is a member of EDF (European Dairy Farmers). EDF is a study group of over 300 dairy farmers from Europe. Trends, business strategy, vision, costs, and prices are key topics within EDF.

Global Dairy Farmers

We are also actively involved in Global Dairy Farmers (GDF), a platform for dairy farmers from all parts of the world. Its focus includes exchanging innovations, trends, and developments in dairy farming and the dairy industry.

With passion
and love

Our dairy cows are the foundation of our business. On the land we grow the crops that form the basis of healthy feed for the cows — all in as natural a way as possible. It is remarkable that cows can produce such a high-quality product as milk from feed unsuited to human consumption. We treat our herd with great respect. They provide the income for the Van Velde family and delicious, healthy dairy products for many.
Every day we enjoy working in a natural environment centered on the wellbeing of our animals. It is wonderful to smell freshly cut grass in the spring, or to work between the warm bodies of the cows on a cold winter morning. It is also wonderful to teach a newborn calf to drink — knowing that the animal will remain with you for many years. In the autumn it is rewarding to see that the summer was productive again and that plenty of feed has been produced for the cows.

Perfect
milk

Milk must be a fair product. At Hunsingo Dairy we produce as much of our milk as possible from roughage. The basis for this is being land-bound: we grow the roughage on our own farm, on very good clay soil close to the Wadden Sea — a region with the purest air in the Netherlands. Cows are ruminants, so good-quality roughage is the foundation for good milk production.

Dairy products

We deliver day-fresh dairy products with a fully transparent production process — from growing the fodder crops on the land, through milk production on the farm, to the final production of milk, yoghurt and other dairy products. We offer a guaranteed fair and sustainable product with a 100% transparent production chain.
Consumers get a view of the entire production chain: we are fully open about how we work and make every process in our company visible to our customers.

Sustainable
business

For more than ten years our herd has consisted of crossbreeds of Holstein, Fleckvieh and Scandinavian Red. This has given us a self-sufficient, durable cow — one that is healthy and fits our farm.

Team

Meet us! We are cow lovers who want to get the best out of the cow.
We do this by creating the perfect living environment for the animal.

  • Ad van Velde
    Ad van Velde
  • Annette van Velde
    Annette van Velde

Impression

A glimpse of our stables and the dairy farm.

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