“Calf Hutches”
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December Wisconsin Dairy News
Please broadcast this package the week of December 15, 2014.
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Draft: FINAL– November 17, 2014
Written by: Amy Wallace
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Care and comfort of calves is a high priority for dairy farmers. In this segment of
Wisconsin Dairy News, we’re exploring a company that creates high-tech housing for
Wisconsin’s future dairy herd.
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Katie Grinstead, Dairy
Farmer
Vir Clar Farms
Fond Du Lac, WI
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Katie Grinstead, Dairy Farmer
Vir Clar Farms
Fond Du Lac, WI
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Katie Grinstead (Grin-stehd) takes
care of the calves at Vir Clar (Ver
Clair) Farms in Fond Du Lac.
“Calf Care is really important. This
is our future right here. And the
best care we can give the calves
right now, I believe that when
they do come into the herd you
can see the difference.”
Katie’s previous job allowed her
to travel the state and she was
able to see several different types
of calf housing. So, when she
returned to her family farm, her
calf housing decision was made.
“I knew from my travels that I
wanted to put my calves in calf
hutches and I really felt
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Joe Weber, Marketing
Manager
Hampel Corporation
Germantown, WI
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Katie Grinstead, Dairy Farmer
Vir Clar Farms
Fond Du Lac, WI
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Joe Weber, Marketing
Manager
Hampel Corporation
Germantown, WI
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comfortable that this was what
we should be doing.”
Calf-Tel hutches are made at
Hampel (ham pull) Corporation in
Germantown, Wisconsin. A
thermo-forming plastics
manufacturer, Hampel is also
known for making portable
restrooms and has now made a
name by molding state-of-the-art
calf housing.
“The design of the calf hutches is
critical to both the health of the
animal, the comfort of the animal,
and the usability of the manager,
because people have to work with
them too. So the product has to be
easy to use, and it has to first and
foremost, it has to satisfy all those
animal comfort and welfare
needs.”
Molded out of a single sheet of
plastic, the hutches are strong
and durable, lasting up to 25
years or more. Dairy farmers see
the long-term benefits as well.
“It’s easy to move, they’re very
easy to wash. That’s something
that’s very important to me
whether it’s 95 degrees that day
or twenty below zero, we wash
our hutches so that the calf is
always going into a clean
environment.”
“We visit the farms ourselves and
we learn how the products are
working for them, we learn how
the products are working for the
animals. So we make sure those
design changes and
improvements are built into the
huts themselves.”
And that’s Wisconsin Dairy News.
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Hampel Corporation started making calf hutches in 1981 at the request of a local
farmer. Since then, Hampel has worked closely with the agricultural community to
continually improve upon the design and usability of the hutches. For more information
about the calf hutches log on to www.hampelcorp.com.
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