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07/04/2017
Information and ideas exchanged at MPO Gauteng meetings, Exhibition space at SALHC sold out, Dare to dairy – save the date! and more … Download Newsletter
05/04/2017
A report released by Freedonia Focus Reports indicates that dairy products are expected to be the fastest growing segment of processed foods exported by the US.
05/04/2017
MPO Mpumalanga farm meetings will be held on 19 and 20 April this year. Chairman Douglas Dickson requests dairy farmers in the province to diarise the
05/04/2017
South Africa is still recovering from the effects of the 2016 drought. Most of us now have a heightened awareness of the impacts of droughts, floods
05/04/2017
In an ongoing collaboration between MPO Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN) and Orange Grove Dairy 6 000 pupils at disadvantaged schools in the KZN Midlands/ Dundee region received 200
05/04/2017
National Water Week 2017 was celebrated from 22 to 24 March by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) in partnership with KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government and
05/04/2017
The Qualité Awards which have been presented since 1834 established new categories for pasteurised milk and UHT milk this year. “We are only too aware that
05/04/2017
The crop estimates committee at the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has set the size of the expected commercial maize crop at 14,324 million tons,
31/03/2017
Bumper maize crop expected, Milk now part of Agri-Expo Qualité Awards, Focus on water and more … Download Newsletter
27/03/2017
MPO North chairman Johan Strydom invites milk producers to attend the MPO Gauteng route meetings that will be held on dairy farms in Rayton and Henley-on-Klip,
27/03/2017
In this day and age, the weirder the combination the more innovative and forward-thinking your product might be. Who would have thought ice cream fortified with
27/03/2017
“Functional foods” is the new buzz phrase associated with food product development. It is defined as the way millennials see food, and is one of the
27/03/2017
The 10th South African Large Herds Conference will focus on the multiple challenges facing the South African dairy industry, ensuring the maintenance of internationally acceptable health
27/03/2017
Milk purchases during February 2017 were 4,7% less than during February 2016. If adjusted for 2016’s leap-year effect milk purchases in February 2017 were still 1,3%
24/03/2017
Milk purchases lower, Dairy sustainability – economic profitability should not be the elephant in the room, Successful Farmers’ Days in Western Cape and more … Download
23/03/2017
A recent study which analysed 1,420 droughts between 1979 and 2009, identified “hotspots” around the world and common directions in which droughts move. According to the
23/03/2017
Mastitis is a serious challenge farmers face and should be managed properly. The early detection of mastitis, is the key to success − the earlier the
23/03/2017
Delegates to the SA Large Herds Conference, which will be held at Champagne Sports Resort in KwaZulu-Natal from 5 to 7 June 2017 can make use
23/03/2017
MPO North chairman Johan Strydom invites milk producers to attend the MPO Gauteng route meetings that will be held on 29 and 30 March 2017 on
23/03/2017
The Silage Day presented on 9 March 2017 by MPO Free State at the Dutch Reformed Church Hall in Lindley and Gideon Lamprecht’s farm Sameloop outside