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Production and food processing
Customers willingly buy
coldmeats of Agrofirma
Witkowo shops
and processing of Agrofirma”. In the post-slaughter
evaluation, all cattle animals conform to the
highest E-class (excellent) of the EUROP grid.
Additionally, the scale and diversity of the cattle
for fattening makes Witkowo have a really
wide range of products at its disposal. One can
choose the sort of beef which is best suited to
their taste. It is perfectly lean, just as Poles like
it. There is also a great selection of half-carcasses
with excessive fat, slightly fat and marbled
which is sought after by foreigner customers.
We have also beef that can be quickly boiled and
perfectly roasted. Thus, the beef from Witkowo
is highly valued by consumers and the majority
of it is exported to Germany and Scandinavian
countries by means of our over 70 markets. On
the other hand, our heifers are desired by foreign
recipients who propose far better prices than the
domestic customers.
We breed also ca. 2,500 dairy cows”, adds Tadeusz
Żabski, the Vise-President responsible for
animal production in Agrofirma from Witkowo.
“Their average annual productivity amounts to
9,500 liters of perfect quality milk. More than 15
thousand liters of milk is obtained from over 50
cows in the herd. I do not want to mention the
record-holders who give more than 16 thousand
liters, but I really feel sorry for them. Their hearts
operate more efficiently than Mercedes engines
of the latest models. I learned from the professors
in physiology that the cows’ hearts have to pump
as many as 350 - 400 liters of blood for every liter
of milk. Therefore, on our dairy farms, we have
not conducted breeding works farms aimed at
increasing the milk production for several years.
Our efforts are devoted to improving health and
longevity of the animals. We try to take care of
the hearts of our brave breadwinners and would
not like them to beat records but to live as long
as possible. We do not want them to be exploited
more than they are able to be. For us, this level of
milk produced by 2,500 cows is sufficient and we
try to maintain it. In Witkowo, we have nearly 65
thousand of milk every day”.
“Such excellent dairy and beef herds can be
bred thanks to our wonderful employees who
work on our farms”, says President Ilnicki. “They
are really passionate for good work, and take
great care of every cow, every head of cattle,
swine or hen. I am talking not only about the engineering
and technical staff but also about the
daily service workers, because they all contribute
to the results achieved by us, which are culminated
by champion titles and other most prestigious
titles awarded to animals from Agrofirma.
By the way, I would like to emphasize that I am
very proud of our zootechnician engineers. They
are very modern and ambitious practicing spe-
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Autumn 2011