We continue to innovate so your calves and business thrive.
Who?
Welcome to Agri-Plastics, The Calf Housing Specialist!
Durable Housing and Accessories for Calves
No one understands the art and science of rotomolding better than the expert team at Agri-Plastics. Our modern facilities in the U.S. and Canada offer more than 235,000 square feet of manufacturing space, operated by a talented workforce with years of experience in plastics. Take a look at the many innovative molded ideas available now from Agri-Plastics.
What?
By Dairy Farmers, For Dairy Farmers
Your calves represent perhaps the most rewarding financial investment you can make. More reliable than stock trading, more lucrative than a savings account, dairy calf rearing pays dividends like nothing else. So you’ll want to “Shelter Your Investment” and grow it in the most effective ways possible – and that means calf housing solutions from Agri-Plastics.
Our Agri-Plastics calf hutches are world-renowned for their durability, efficiency and ergonomic design. Whether you need group housing, starter pens or more flexible calf housing, Agri-Plastics can help your livestock begin strong and stay strong.
Why?
Calf housing challenges can have a big impact on the health of your herd. That is why, in 1995, Joe VanBuuren founded Agri-Plastics. These third-generation dairymen know first-hand the difficulties you and your crew experience on the farm, so they began experimenting with calf hutch designs to provide healthier, more comfortable environments for calves that help improve efficiencies for your business.
Over the years, Agri-Plastics has listened and learned from many other producers, and they have used that knowledge to create game-changing innovations that have since become industry standards. Each hutch, pen and group housing system focuses on 5 life-sustaining elements to help reduce calf mortality. Click here to learn how Focus On Five can help increase the strength of your calves and farming business.
Contact us today to learn how Agri-Plastics—the Calf Housing Specialist — can help your livestock begin strong and stay strong.
Locations in both Canada and U.S.A.
Agri-Plastics was founded in 1995. It began when the VanBuuren Family, dairy farmers at first, saw a need for calf housing and decided to grow a business literally in a backyard shed of their Ontario farm. The Agri-Plastics EXL Calf Hutch was the first product that was developed and produced by the VanBuuren’s. Soon to follow were additional calf hutches and accessories, all detailed with features that benefit both the calf and the dairy farmer.
As the business grew, the VanBuuren family decided to enlarge their operations to a plant in Grassie, Ontario. With over 100,000 square feet of production and warehouse space, the Ontario plant features:
• 8 Rotational Molding Stations
• 1 Robotic Trimming cell
• 1 Pulverizer
• 5 shipping bays
By having a larger production facility, the company was able to produce more calf housing products that were shipping not just to Canada, but to the United States, Europe, Asia, Mexico, Middle East and South America.
In 2018, a second production facility in Sidney, Nebraska was built. By having a distribution plant in the western U.S., Agri-Plastics was able to meet higher production demands, as well as getting product out to the customers faster. The Sidney, Nebraska plant is 159,000 square feet. This facility features:
• 8 Rotational Molding Stations
• State-of the-art powder dispensing system
• 3 Robotic Trimming Cells
• In-house recycling program
• 5 shipping bays
Protect your valuable calves with the world's toughest hutches
The VanBuurens know first-hand the challenges involved in raising healthy dairy calves. As third-generation dairymen they began experimenting with hutch designs to provide a healthier, more comfortable environment for calves while improving efficiencies for their business. In 1995, they founded Agri-Plastics to provide local dairy farmers with a better option for housing and caring for the next generation of milkers.
Over the years, Agri-Plastics listened and learned as other producers talked about their own calf housing challenges. And they responded with game-changing innovations that have since become industry standards.
Today, Agri-Plastics hutches are prized the world over for their unique durability, efficiency and ease of use. But at the heart of it all is a family true to its roots, delivering proven calf housing systems for dairy farmers, by dairy farmers.
We understand the value of your calves, and we’re dedicated to helping you shelter your investment.
Meet our Leadership
Darren VanBuuren
Owner/CEO
Sue VanBuuren
Operations Manager
Meet Our Canada Team
Kyle VanBuuren
Operations Manager
Paul Prekup
Sales Manager
Lydia Poidevin
Accounting
Anita Janssens
Customer Service
Paul Prekup
Sales Manager
Michelle Carlisle
Shipping/Inventory
Halen Hall
Quality Control Manager
Tom Pickering
Production Manager
Garry Penney
Plant Manager
Meet Our International Team
Noel Kelly
Creva International CEO
Hanna Kavaleva
Business Development
Rónán Gleeson
Sales Manager
Francesco Guidicatti
Agri-Plastics, Italy
Gerwin Meesters
Agri-Plastics, Netherlands
Gerard van der Horst
Agri-Plastics, Netherlands
Wojtek Szwarc
Agri-Plastics, Poland
Meet Our U.S.A. Team
Skip Wiswell
Sales Manager
Steve Bartlam
Sales Manager
Bob Catt
Customer Service
Stacy Rosenbaum
Shipping Coordinator
Michelle Beier
Marketing
Memberships
We are proud members of the following National organizations:
Dairy Calf and Heifer Association
Association of Rotational Molders International
Nebraska State Dairy Association
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