B1: Cattle production

Tranbjerg Østergaard near Holsted has an annual production of 3.600 veal calves for the Danish Crown Beef concept “Danish Calf”.
20-25 percent of the calves are crosses between beef cattle and dairy cattle. The rest of the herd are purebred dairy cattle.
Tranbjerg Østergaard also cultivates 600 hectares of land.
The farm is involved in a Seges project in which calf feed intake and methane emissions are registered. The objective of the project is to find the most feed and climate efficient beef bulls.
Seges is a Danish organisation with a focus on knowledge and innovation. It deals with all aspects of agriculture. Seges is part of the Danish Agriculture & Food Council.

Danish Crown Beef has its headquarters in Holsted, and with a capacity of 4,500 units per week it is Denmark’s largest cattle abattoir. The beef division is part of the Danish Crown Group, which is owned by Danish farmers.

The abattoir in Holsted is approximately five years old and was built as part of a centralisation of the company’s slaughter facilities. At group level, the company has a clear strategy for a sustainable future – and with a clear goal to reduce its carbon footprint by 50 percent before 2050.
The abattoir in Holsted also collaborates with its neighbours, e.g. with regard to using waste products in a biogas plant.

Skovgård has beef cattle, dairy cattle and pigs.
In 1997, the farm started selling its own meat production, with animal welfare as a key value. The products are sold in the farm shop with the objective of giving customers a delicious taste experience. Skovgård has its own processing room, cooling area for maturing the meat, and area for sausage production.
Cattle breeds on the farm are: Black Angus, Limousin, Belgian Blue.