The horn of a cow is a heavily perfused, life-long growing organ. It is linked to the digestive system, important for body care, and serves to communicate among other cows. Cows and goats wear their horns with pride and mindfulness. They clarify, for example the hierarchy at a distance, by showing each other their horns.
Nowadays almost all calves are dehorned just a few weeks after their birth or are born without horns due to modern breeding. Why? Because horns are not suitable for a farming based on the maximal income with the smallest possible surface. The guidelines of the most ancient bio association prohibit dehorning animals and breeding dehorned animals. We therefore do not dehorn our cows in order to let them their dignity. We really value the respect of any animal! We do not want to adapt our animals to the “requirements of modern production”, we simply build stables that are big enough for our cows.. and their horns!
At the same time we respect and support the relationship between calves and their mothers. We therefore do not separate forcibly calves from their mothers a few days after their birth to nurse them with milk buckets. Actually it is well known: calves grow better near their mothers! Indeed if they stay near the cow, they have less healthy problems and grow up better.
However this kind of species-appropriate breeding is possible only if consumers buy milk and meat of organic farms as ours.