What is MuKa?

MuKa is the German abbreviation of “Muttergebundene Kälberaufzucht” or “Mutter-Kalb-Haltung”, which translates dam-calf contact rearing.

Dam-calf contact rearing is a type of calf rearing in the dairy industry in which the newly born calves are not separated from their mother-cows. The calves stay with their mothers until weaning (12 weeks or longer). As opposed to the suckler cows in the meat industry, the cows in dam-calf contact rearing systems are still milked and this milk is sold or further processed.
There are only a few dairy farms which leave the calves with their dams. On the following map you can find an overview of farms which apply dam-calf contact rearing (MuKa) and sales points of their products.

Locations of dam-calf contact rearing farms and points of sales in Switzerland

* All information is based on self-declaration of the farms / shops. mu-ka.ch cannot be held responsible for incorrect information.