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12/01/2022

Landbouradio-onderhoud met Tineil Hurter, onafhanklike landbou-ekonoom RE Ekonomiese groei en die melkbedryf 4 Jan 2022

10/01/2022

INTERNASIONALE SUIWELPRODUKPRYSE IN VSA DOLLAR TERME BEHAAL STEWIGE GROEI IN DIE LAASTE SES MAANDE VAN 2021 EN GROEI SELFS NOG MEER AGRESSIEF IN RANDTERME

MPO AAWYSER 1/4 Januarie 2022   Drie van die mees internasionaal-verhandelde suiwelprodukte het stewige groei in pryse behaal in die laaste ses maande van 2021. Botter
10/01/2022

INTERNATIONAL DAIRY PRODUCT PRICES (US$) ACHIEVED GOOD GROWTH IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF 2021 AND EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVE GROWTH IN ZAR TERMS

MPO POINTER 1/4 January 2022   Three of the major dairy products traded internationally achieved good price growth in terms of US$ prices in the last
21/12/2021

UNPROCESSED MILK PRODUCTION for November 2021

MPO FLASH 10/21 December 2021 Unprocessed milk production for November 2021 is estimated at 325 million litres, 4,41% more than in November 2020. Cumulative unprocessed milk
21/12/2021

PRODUKSIE VAN ONVERWERKTE MELK vir November 2021

MPO FLITS 10/21 Desember 2021 Die produksie van onverwerkte melk in November 2021 word geskat op 325 miljoen liter, dit is 4,41% meer as in November
16/12/2021

AANKONDIGING VAN NUWE UITVOERENDE HOOF

PERSVERKLARING 15 Desember 2021   Die direksie en personeel van die MPO kondig graag die aanstelling van Gerhard Kriel as uitvoerende hoof van die MPO aan.
16/12/2021

ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE

PRESS RELEASE 15 December 2021 The Board and staff of the MPO are pleased to announce the appointment of Gerhard Kriel as chief executive of the
10/12/2021

EINDJAARSBOODSKAP VAN DIE MPO

Wie sou kon dink dat 2021 so ’n groot jaar in ons konteks sou wees? Die meeste dele van die land het rekord-hoë reënval ontvang, rekord-hoë
10/12/2021

COMMON ERRORS IN RELATION TO EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS by Abrie Bronkhorst

An employment contract can be of immense value to the employer if used effectively. Making a mind shift regarding employment contracts from seeing them as an
09/12/2021

Manufacturing sector facing a ‘stop-start’ recovery, Q4 Absa Manufacturing survey results show

9 December 2021 For immediate release Risks related to the fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and uncertainty regarding load shedding continue to weigh on local
09/12/2021

YEAR-END MESSAGE FROM THE MPO

Who would have thought that 2021 would be a great year for our industry? Most parts of the country have received record-breaking rainfall, and achieved record-breaking
09/12/2021

TLU SA GRATEFUL FOR OUTCOME OF VOTING ON EWC AMENDMENT

TLU SA is grateful that the proposed amendment to Article 25 of South Africa’s Constitution about the expropriation of property without compensation was not voted in.
09/12/2021

Celebration of World School Milk Day

World School Milk Day (WSMD) celebrates milk and other dairy products as part of school feeding programmes across the world. The event is hosted worldwide in
08/12/2021

Third quarter 2021 slump in agriculture GDP a surprise but not a concern

Comment by Paul Makube, senior agricultural economist at FNB Agribusiness 07 December 2021 – Statistic South Africa’s latest update on the country’s overall real gross domestic
08/12/2021

MPO EASTERN CAPE REGION: REGIONAL MEMBER MANAGER POSITION AVAILABLE

Our Eastern Cape regional manager has resigned to accept a new position at another company (still in the dairy industry). Eastern Cape farmers will still see
26/11/2021

OP SOEK NA ’N NUWE STRATEGIESE VISIE

Op 9 November het AgriFusion ’n strategiese beplanningsessie vir die MPO-direksie en bestuurspan gefasiliteer waartydens gekyk is na verwagtinge, strategiese faktore, die storie van die organisasie,
26/11/2021

Sundale Schreiber open R 97.1m cheese processing plant in East London  

PRESS RELEASE 16 November 2021 The Joint Venture (JV) between local Sundale Dairy and global giant, Schreiber Foods in a Slice-on-Slice (SOS) cheese processing plant at
26/11/2021

2021 Winners of Agricultural Writers SA Awards

Press Release 12 November 2021 South Africa’s top contributors to agriculture have been recognised at the Agricultural Writers SA Awards 2021. The event, sponsored by Bayer,
26/11/2021

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: be hygienic, be responsible and don’t over-medicate

The world of science gave us antibiotics to treat serious illnesses, but what happens when antibiotics and other antimicrobials are misused to the extent that humans
26/11/2021

LOOMING AGRICULTURE PROFIT MARGIN PRESSURES AHEAD AS THE RATE HIKE CYCLE RESUMES  

Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Agribusiness 19 November 2021 – The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) followed on its previous warnings that