WHO WE ARE

Our Story

Henk

Our Story began when an entrepreneurial nutritionist, Henk Esveld, decided to create a line of milk replacers that would outperform anything that was on the market at the time.

Henk started small; he began by working out of a home office in his basement and selling custom manufactured milk replacers out of his trailer. He slowly and patiently grew the company from a basement office in Minnesota, to a larger office in Wisconsin. After working with a custom manufacturer for the first decade, he bought a production facility of his own. This allowed him to service any customer in the US while maintaining reasonable freight rates, and as always, a nutritionally sound product at a fair price.

The company may have grown in size; however, our goal remains the same. Raise healthy animals. We do this by working one on one with our customers to develop a milk replacer tailored to their herds specific needs. We ask questions because we know one formulation most certainly does not fit all. We tailor each formulation to match the feeding schedule, goals, weights, and ages of the calves we formulate for. Because we know healthy calves make for happy calf raisers.

As a family-owned company with Dutch Heritage and strong Midwestern values, we go the extra mile to ensure your calves are getting exactly what they need, and nothing they don’t.

Thanks for being a part of our story.

Dairy Calf & Heifer Association
AFIA
American Dairy Science Association

Our Mission

Esmilco, Inc exists to produce high quality baby animal nutrition products using the latest in nutrition information at a competitive price that allows customers the greatest opportunity for profitability in their own endeavors, because we know when our customers succeed, we succeed.

Where We Came From

Our History

1990

Esmilco was dreamt up at the Esveld farm in Minnesota

1993

Sold our first pallet of milk replacer

1994

Esmilco Officially became an incorporated

1997

Headquarters were moved from Minnesota to Wisconsin

2000

Calfmilco trademarked

2008
Stockton Product Facility

Esmilco began production in Stockton, CA

2009

Purchased our first semi-truck

2010

Esmilco Europe was started

2012

Production in CA moved to Modesto as we needed a bigger space

2017

SFSF Certified

2021

Auto bagger installed in CA

2023

30 years down, forever to go

MEET THE TEAM

Our Staff

We wouldn’t be where we are without our employee’s commitment and involvement. Meet our team of awesome people that are here to serve you.

The Esmilco Team
FIND US

Our Locations

Fall River WI

Fall River, WI

Main Office
Lime Spring IA

Lime Spring, IA

Production
Modesto CA

Modesto, CA

Production

Esmilco Europe