Aimo Kortteen Konepaja Ltd Pohjolantie 2, FI-84100 Ylivieska Tel. +358-8-411 0500 [email protected] www.murska.fi Modern Crimping Technology - Successful Farming Aimo Kortteen Konepaja Ltd was founded 1969 in Ylivieska, Northern Finland. Our family company’s main products are our energy saving crimping technology and the well-known and reliable Murska Crimpers. Aimo Kortteen Konepaja Ltd started its export business in the 1980’s. Nowadays we export to over 30 countries in several continents. Our main ideology is the reduction of work at the farms as well as the increase of profit and livestock production. By using the energy saving Murska -technology, farms can produce healthy and safe local fodder in harmony with Nature. With this leaflet we would like to warmly present a few of our pleased customers and their success stories: why and how they have ended up purchasing Murska Crimper, and how they feel about it today

ANDY LONGMAN’S FARM Contracting with several Murska models Andy Longman - England “I bought my first Korte machine in 2001 which was a 350. I used it for both crimping and dry rolling, and used it at my own farm for dairy cows”, Mr. Longman tells. When he sold his cows in 2004, he upgraded to a Murska’s Korte 700. At that time, he started contracting in a small scale, doing both crimping and dry rolling. With his contracting business expanding rapidly, he bought Murska’s Korte 1400 with fluted rollers, and this was when his business started taking off. Mr. Longman says: “In 2011, I bought my...

800 t in a corner of the main silage clamp. The crimping process suited the farming system and increased the profitability and performance of the cattle, and so the following year, 2 purpose built crimp clamps of 750t each were added. Given the short harvest window for crimping, Fraser decided it would be better to buy some grain at the crimping stage from a neighbour. Then he would sell some of his dry grain, so at one stage he had 3 combines working. He needed to increase the processing capacity so he purchased a Korte 2000 to run alongside the original machine. Two further clamps have now...

Mr. Codony says that the health and well-being of the animals is the reason why his customers choose him as their contractor. Not only does the high quality, crimped maize improve the animal health, it also increases the milk production at the farms. The farmers are happy with crimping: they can feed the animals with quality maize produced at their own farm, which leads to saving money. This way there are no drying or transportation costs for the customers. Ramon Codony is especially happy with the reliability of the Murska machine, as well as being able to crimp different cereals, such as barley,...

JENS AXEL SØRENSEN’S FARM Pig farm Jens Axel Sørensen - Kodbølgaard, Ølgod, Western Jylland, Denmark The farmer Jens Axel Sørensen is managing one off the best-looking farms in Denmark. The farm works with high speed and a large pig production; 3500 sows on farm, making 105 000 pigs, and finish 55 000 for slaughterhouse. The last 50 000 is sold for other farms to finish. Mr. Sørensen tells that in the first year, they started with 50 hectares and from third year on they had 500 hectares with maize for crimping. Nowadays they have just finished the 7th year with maize, and crimp with a Murska...

While asking about the beginning of crimping maize for pig feeding, they tell that “We have heard from some colleagues about the success with crimped maize in pig feeding. After that knowledge of good experiences, we started with a little part of the maize in the first year. Next year we bought a new Murska S 2000 with universal rollers. After that we were able to crimp it all, maize, all kinds of grain, peas and lupin and beans. Now we have crimped with the Murska S 2000 for the past four seasons, and we are getting more and more satisfied every year.” The Nielsen brothers have recognized that...

The crimped grain for the whole winter is ready in one go. It is preserved in two horizontal silos, enfolded with plastic and pressed down with rolled bales. The crimped grain blends well with the silage in mixed feed, and the cows cannot separate them while eating. “Cows eat the crimped grain willingly and they produce about one liter of milk per head per day more”, noticed Mr. Sisso. Their average milk production is about 9000 liters. The dairy farms in Leningrad area are leaders of dairy production in the whole of Russia. On average, the Saint Petersburg cows produce the annual 7384 kg of...

FARM ZAO PZ “GOMONTOVO” Milking cattle farm Sergei Kolomytsev - ZAO PZ “Gomontovo”, Begunitsy, Leningrad, Russia The farm “Gomontovo” was founded in 1918, and it produces dairy, grain, perennial grass seed and fodder. It covers the area of 3510 hectare. The farm’s 142 employees take care of livestock of nearly 29000 heads of which 1200 are dairy cows. In 2013, the milk production was 10535 kg of milk per cow. “This technology is suitable for our climate and we are very pleased with it”, says ZAO PZ “Gomontovo”’s chief engineer Sergei Kolomytsev. They started crimping with Murska 700 S2 in 2001,...