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De Heus Animal Nutrition

Royal De Heus

Ede, Netherlands

Engineering & ServicesAutomation & Controls
Founded 19115000+ employeesManufacturer, Service ProviderSells to Dairy Farms
Profile last updated: April 29, 2026

About

Founded in 1911, De Heus Animal Nutrition is a dairy industry manufacturer based in Ede, Netherlands selling engineering & services, automation & controls.

De Heus Animal Nutrition is a family-owned, privately held animal feed company founded in 1911 in the Netherlands. It produces compound feed, premixes, concentrates and feed specialties for poultry, pigs, ruminants, aquaculture and other animal groups, distributing products in more than 75 countries. For dairy farms, it supplies ruminant feed and nutritional concepts for dairy cows and calves, and offers on-the-farm advisory services covering nutrition, farm management, housing and animal health. Its Agra-Matic subsidiary advises on stable planning and permits in the Netherlands and Poland. The company operates dairy research in the Netherlands and has specialists experienced in milking robot optimisation. It reports more than 8,000 professionals and around 80 to 90 production sites worldwide.

Location

Ede, Netherlands

Founded

1911

Employees

5000+

Company type

Private company

Legal name

Royal De Heus

Focus areas

animal feeddairy cow nutritionruminant feedcalf feedmilking robotson-the-farm servicesfeed strategypremixes

Languages

ENNLDEESPTPLCSSKHUSRVIIDFR

Products & capabilities

Supply categories

Engineering & ServicesAutomation & Controls

Supplier role

ManufacturerService Provider

Sells to

Dairy Farms

Dairy products served

Liquid Milk

Milk species

Cow

Services

Training

Products

RobotExpert

Herd management software

Software for analysing milking robot data.

Prelacto

Dairy cow feed

Dairy cow nutrition product for the dry period and disease prevention.

Kaliber

Calf and heifer feed

Feed programme for rearing calves and heifers.

KOVITAL

Calf feed

Product used for calf replacement programmes.

Service regions

EuropeSouth AmericaMiddle EastAfricaAsia

Standards, references & customers

Reference installations

Nico Biersteker and Ellen Salomons

Brazil

Dairy farm with robotic milking

Jan-Harm Bergman

Netherlands

Dairy farm with milking robots

Van de Kamp-Vliek

Netherlands

Tie stall converted to cubicle stable with milking robot

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