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28/11/2016
GNE Farm Equipment has taken robotic dairies to a new level with the development of an application that uses Universal Robots’ (UR) collaborative robots or cobots
28/11/2016
Nigel Lok, national chairman of the MPO, encouraged Eastern Cape farmers to hold their heads high and keep going during his inspiring talk at the recent
28/11/2016
“AgriSA considers the labour force in the agricultural sector of critical importance” says Neil Hamman, chairperson of AgriSA’s labour policy committee. He was responding to the
28/11/2016
On 14 November 2016 the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) held an exploratory workshop to investigate the possibility of listing a milk futures contract on the Exchange’s
28/11/2016
Milk SA estimates the total milk intake in October 2016 at 309 million litres – 4,4% up on October 2015. Total intake up to the end
26/11/2016
“No more possums, rats or stoats!” says New Zealand who wants to create a predator-free zone in the country by 2050. The predator-free initiative was recently
25/11/2016
Milk intake estimated at a higher level than in 2015, Milk futures contract investigated, AgriSA to consult widely about the proposed national minimum wage and more … Download
21/11/2016
The shelf life of milk can be extended to seven weeks by putting milk through a rapid heating and cooling method. Researchers at the Purdue University
21/11/2016
International dairy product prices are at their highest level since June 2014. The Global dairy trade price index reached 1 000 at the beginning of November
21/11/2016
The MPO Institute for Dairy Technology presented a very successful Dairy Farm Business Management Course at the MPO offices in Pretoria from 8 to 11 November
21/11/2016
Milk producers in the George, Swellendam and Malmesbury regions of the Western Cape attended workshops on how to manage waste water in terms of the requirements
21/11/2016
The South African Large Herds Conference will be held at Champagne Sports Resort in the Drakensberg from 5 to 7 June 2017. The theme is “Resilience”
21/11/2016
Dr Chris van Dijk, representing the dairy industry, attended the National Animal Health Forum (NAHF) meeting in Pretoria on 17 November 2016. The official website of
21/11/2016
On behalf of Milk SA and the MPO Dr Heinz Meissner and Dr Chris van Dijk met on Tuesday, 15 November with Dr Ilse Trautmann, Chief
18/11/2016
Taking dairy research to a new level, Overview of NAHF conference, Interactive workshops on waste water management and more … Download Newsletter
14/11/2016
Many pupils at Oranje Meisies, Eunice Primary and Martie du Plessis School in Bloemfontein laid their eyes on a cow and calves for the first time
14/11/2016
Milk producers in the Ixopo and Estcourt regions of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) attended workshops on how to manage waste water in terms of the requirements of the
14/11/2016
MPO CEO Dr Chris van Dijk spoke to Lise Roberts about the lessons learned at the recently held IDF World Dairy Summit in an interview on
14/11/2016
Milk producers are requested to complete the MPO’s electronic questionnaire that was sent to them recently. According to MPO economist Dr Koos Coetzee, the MPO uses
14/11/2016
The world’s first black ice cream makes waves in the UK as Rossi Ice Cream shifts our perceptions of ice cream into a whole new direction.