Zoltan Kreitz and his wife are engaged in classic farming in the village of Yako near Kaposvár in modern conditions. Their number of dairy cattle does not exceed 50 cows, which together with young heifers and calves for sale are about 110 in modern conditions.
In the early 1990s, the Kreutz family began to engage in animal husbandry, in particular, keeping cows. They acquired one pregnant heifer, but not in order to later create a larger livestock farm. Rather, they were guided by the desire to give fresh, healthy milk to children in a growing family.
But it turned out that the calves were left behind, and they bought pregnant heifers, so that their cattle, giving milk, slowly grew. At that time, large dairy companies bought milk. But with the expansion of the farmyard, the growing number of cows requires more manual labor. It was also an urgent issue to be able to manage cost-effectively.
Today, the family uses 100 hectares of private and leased land for pastures, meadows, forests and arable land.
On average, one dairy cow during its life produces about 50 thousand liters of milk.
The owner says that the only way to create a profitable farm is to produce feed yourself, and most of the work is done by the family.
The owner, although proudly showing his calves born several days ago, also tells us that raising livestock is not easy bread.
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