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...
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...
CONO Kaasmakers and its milk transporter Danmel are pleased to announce the arrival of the very first all-electric Rijdende Melk Ontvangst (RMO) in the Netherlands. Meanwhile, the RMO has completed its first electric kilometers. "We are proud of...
Berto Klaver from Zuidermeer does have a very human view of how he treats his cattle. "I go after myself: if you have to work hard, you get worn out sooner. So if cows don't have the...
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...
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...
Managing Director Wim Betten is stepping down as of July 1, 2023. He is transferring his position to his colleague Jerry Griep, who is currently serving as Commercial Managing Director. Betten has served as a board member since 2012 at...
Beemster cheese, a brand of CONO Cheese Makers, has been named one of the winners of the World Cheese Awards, held at the International Convention Centre Wales in Newport on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 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...
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...
On the farm of CONO dairy farmer Marco Visser in De Rijp, the 'clay in peat soil' pilot has started with a spreading demo. The pilot aims to prevent degradation of peat and...
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...
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...
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...
't Kaas Lokaal's cheese was today chosen by the jury of consumers as the winner in the 48+ Young category at the Gouda Cheese Awards. This is the first time cheese from...
