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13/06/2016
MPO CEO Dr Chris van Dijk spoke to Deon Blume of Algoa FM about his message to dairy farmers at the Eastern Cape MPO Milk Day
13/06/2016
Milk for Change, the campaign that is a partnership of Tetra Pak South Africa and FEED SA, handed over nearly 60 000 ℓ of long-life milk
06/06/2016
Dairy farmers in the North are cordially invited to attend one of the MPO North Farmers’ Days which will be held at various venues from 7
06/06/2016
The MPO’s Institute for Dairy Technology offers the following skills development programmes, funded by Milk SA and AgriSeta, to all workers on dairy farms: • Milk
06/06/2016
Betty Berning at the University of Minnesota, USA shared tips and advice on strategies for dairy farmers to manage farm profitability when milk prices are low.
06/06/2016
PwC states in its latest Africa Agribusinesses Insights Survey 2016 that agriculture is currently standing on the edge of a second green revolution. This revolution will
06/06/2016
This week countries around the world celebrated all aspects of milk – the natural, healthy and versatile product packed with an array of nutrients, which is
06/06/2016
“Investing in yourself is the best thing you can do. Anything that improves your own talents; nobody can tax it or take it away from you.
30/05/2016
Absa Insurance Company released its latest publication of Absa Agritrends this week. To read more, click HERE.
30/05/2016
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries issued its latest climate advisory report this week. For advice on expected weather conditions during the coming winter months,
30/05/2016
What better way to acknowledge a natural, healthy and versatile product packed with an array of nutrients, which is available at affordable prices than giving it
30/05/2016
Eastern Cape milk processor Woodlands Dairy this week announced an increase of 20 cents per litre in its producer price from 1 June 2016.
30/05/2016
MPO CEO Dr Chris van Dijk described the cost squeeze that South African milk producers are experiencing at present and urged milk processors to increase producer
23/05/2016
Dairy cooperative Arla’s board recently made a decision to incentivise the use of GM-free feed following retailers in Germany increasingly demanding dairy products from cows that
23/05/2016
The second session of Nation in Conversation at the Nampo Harvest Day festival in Bothaville on Tuesday saw the heat being turned up a notch or
23/05/2016
Sas van der Merwe, milk producer from Vryburg in the North West province lost his wife over the weekend when she died after a tragic accident.
23/05/2016
Annette Steyn MP, the DA’s shadow minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, reiterated her plea in Parliament during the Minister of Forestry and Fisheries’ budget debate
16/05/2016
Philip Swart, MPO manager member services gave a brief overview of the progress with the development of a code for the welfare of dairy cattle by
16/05/2016
Willem Basson, milk producer from the Darling region in the Western Cape gave background on the biodigester installed on his dairy farm in an interview with
16/05/2016
MPO Eastern Cape chairman Lourens Gildenhuys invites dairy farmers in the province to the MPO Milk Day to be held at Slipperfields, Port Elizabeth on Tuesday,