News

Cash milk price 2022 set at €56.34

March 23, 2023

CONO Kaasmakers is committed to paying a fair milk price to its members. The cash milk price for the 2022 financial year has been set at € 56.34 (excluding VAT) per 100 kilograms of milk. A fair milk price is...

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Sustainable cheese paper to recycle

March 13, 2023

CONO Kaasmakers strives in its ambition climate-positive to make its own share of CO2 as small as possible. Making the entire cheese chain more sustainable requires developments in every step from cow's mouth to store shelf. So also...

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CONO Cheese makers wins Industry distribution trophy

Jan. 11, 2023

CONO Kaasmakers wins the Industributie trophy in the A-brand fresh category for the second year in a row. This prestigious award in the industry is presented annually in various categories during the Industributie dinner. The trophies are...

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CONO cows in pasture again for more hours

December 20, 2022

Outdoor grazing and honest cheese are inseparable for CONO. A cow is a grazing animal and as far as CONO is concerned, it is out in the meadow as much as possible where it can eat lots of fresh, protein-rich grass. In...

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CONO Cheese Makers shares CSR report 2020-2022

Oct. 27, 2022

As a cooperative, you need to make a contribution to a better world. This is what we at CONO Kaasmakers understand by corporate social responsibility. CONO's CSR policy is linked to the Sustainable Development Goal of the United...

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Sustainable stories with farmer Gerrit Wermink

Oct. 27, 2022

Sustainable livestock farming thanks to 'old-fashioned' farming The tastiest milk is full of protein and deliciously creamy due to a tad higher fat content. That optimal balance is often also the most natural balance. The modern dairy farm...

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Sjoerd van der Helm with digester

Sustainable stories with farmer Sjoerd van der Helm

Oct. 10, 2022

Cattle farmer Sjoerd farms with a manure digester Manure and slurry, neat words for cow poop and urine, together make the harmful gas ammonia. Farmer Sjoerd van der Helm from Zuidschermer has found something to counteract that: a digester...

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Sjoerd Hiemstra of CONO Cheese Makers wins Golden Cheese Drill

Oct. 7, 2022

At the awards ceremony of the Dutch National Cheese Selection Competition (NNKC) on Oct. 6, Sjoerd Hiemstra, process technologist at CONO Kaasmakers, was presented with the Golden Cheese Drill. There were 250 points to score. With 236 points, he can consider himself...

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He who does not know the farmer

Oct. 6, 2022

In the RTL4 program "Who doesn't know the farmer," presenter Jamie Trenité joins a number of BN'ers on the farm to discover everything they - like many citizens - didn't already know about...

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