Mapleview Agri

On November 14 the Norwell LEAF class visited Mapleview Agri. This family business is a veal farm located outside of Palmerston. They also manufacture their own milk replacer and sell across Canada. Mapleview Agri is run by the Keunen family. Brian and Joanne are joined by their son Aaron in the business. Brian runs the milk replacer side of the business and Aaron runs the research barns. We learned many facts and interesting information about veal calves, including the differences between milk fed veal and grain fed veal. For example, milk fed veal is 500lbs when sent to market and grain fed veal goes at 700lbs. A veal calf finishes on 1 ton of grain and 35kg of milk replacer. I actually took a lot away from this trip. Entering this trip I thought veal was little baby cows and that they got slaughtered at a young age. But I learned that they are not that small after all, they actually grow to be quite large and are treated well throughout their lifespan. I found this trip to be very interesting and educational.