The performance of your herd begins at birth
Carefully formulated, high quality milk replacers provide the essential nutrients to ensure optimal growth rates for your baby animals. This early nutritional foundation is pivotal, shaping the animal’s health, productivity, and resilience for its entire life.
Our milk replacers
One of the most important aspects of raising a healthy calf is ensuring they are getting the highquality, consistent nutrition they need to grow into healthy cows. Use Esmilco’s line of high-quality products to ensure the future success of your farm for generations to come.
About us
Esmilco’s journey began in the Netherlands, but today we proudly serve distributors and feed dealers across the U.S., with a growing presence in Europe since 2012 and recent expansion into Asia. Our founder, Henk Esveld, developed a passion for baby animal nutrition growing up on a dairy and hog farm in Holland. After studying animal nutrition and gaining hands-on experience in Europe and the U.S., he launched Esmilco to raise healthier calves with custom, tailored milk replacers.
Now in its second generation of family ownership, we remain committed to our core mission. With Dutch heritage and strong Midwestern values, we partner closely with our customers to deliver high-quality, customized milk replacers that support healthy, thriving animals.
History timeline
Esmilco was dreamt up at the Esveld farm in Minnesota
Esmilco sold its first pallet of milk replacer
Esmilco’s Calfmilco label was trademarked. Our line now includes Calfmilco, Lammilco, Pigmilco and Kidmilco
Esmilco Europe LLC Started
Became GMP+ certified in Europe
Began selling Milk Replacers in Europe
Continue to sell high quality formulas out of Germany to European Markets
Where we are in the world
Technical information
A few factors of milk replacers are so important they need a home on our main landing page. Here are some items we think everyone who mixes, feeds, or utilizes milk replacers needs to know to do continue to be successful at their job.
Mixology 101: Temperature Matters in Milk Replacer Preparation
When it comes to preparing milk replacers, understanding, and maintaining the right temperature
Not all proteins are created equal
In the market today there are many different milk replacer ingredient options, all with various protein content...
Protein is Key in Milk Replacer
Milk replacers for calves are formulated to provide essential nutrients, including protein...
Mixology 101: Temperature Matters in Milk Replacer Preparation
When it comes to preparing milk replacers, understanding, and maintaining the right temperature
Not all proteins are created equal
In the market today there are many different milk replacer ingredient options, all with various protein content...
Protein is Key in Milk Replacer
Milk replacers for calves are formulated to provide essential nutrients, including protein...
Get in touch today
In Europe, we partner with ES Agriculture who provides the technical support and on the ground knowledge and experience of European dairy farming and calf raising.
ES Agriculture
Ewoud, a consultant for Esmilco Inc., has extensive experience in the dairy industry. He is the owner of ES Agriculture, a company dedicated to creating tailored feeding plans for calves. His deep expertise in dairy farming and nutrition and specifically in calf nutrition, allows him to provide customized solutions that enhance farm productivity and animal health. Recognized as a specialist in his field, Ewoud plays a key role in supporting the dairy industry’s growth and success.
Become a distributor
We want to help you bring the finest milk replacers on the market to your customers. In order to make this easier for you, we offer the option of private labeling our milk replacers.
What sets us apart is our commitment to bringing you the best, right from the start. Ingredients are where it all begins, and we are committed to only using the highest quality ingredients in our milk replacer mixes. This includes using edible grade skim milk, whey protein concentrate, animal fat, coconut oil and cold process agglomeration.
