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16/05/2016
In a press release issued this week MPO chief executive Dr Chris van Dijk stated that milk producers currently find themselves in a serious price/cost squeeze/pincer.
16/05/2016
University College Dublin (UCD) and top dairy firms have launched a three-year Innovation Partnership program to develop software that rapidly detects bacteria during production. The $1.9m
16/05/2016
Frank Mitloehner a professor and air-quality specialist at the University of California, Davis, is working to clarify a cloud of misinformation that continues to fog public
09/05/2016
Laura Cornille-Cannady, a farm business consultant, said when working toward a happy medium between your personal life and your career, start with a simple principle. Laura said
09/05/2016
Cow comfort is identified as one of the biggest obstacles to production and health on many dairy farms. Poor cow comfort can cause a great deal
09/05/2016
Matt Akins, University of Wisconsin dairy specialist, said with milk prices slumping, making it a priority to trim feed costs in the heifer-rearing programme will be
09/05/2016
Milk SA is conducting a survey on resistance to the available antibiotics in lactating cows with mastitis as part of one of the projects falling under
09/05/2016
The Dairy Mail is published on behalf of the Milk Producers’ Organisation (MPO), and aims to equip dairy farmers with relevant, practical information that will assist
09/05/2016
This year SA Studbook Elite 2016 once again recognised stud breeders for outstanding achievements. Congratulations to Dr Kobus Hendriks and the Inovula herd on their achievement
09/05/2016
The aim of the MPO Northern Cape route meetings that will be held from 10 to 12 May 2016 in Jacobsdal, Dewetsdorp and Vredefort respectively is
26/04/2016
The International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) notified the MPO on Wednesday that the Commission has decided to reject an application for rebate of the import tariff
26/04/2016
Researchers from the Laboratory of Food Process Engineering at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, in collaboration with FrieslandCampina, are researching and developing methods for 3D printing
26/04/2016
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
26/04/2016
The Ruminant Veterinary Association of South Africa (RuVASA), a group of the South African Veterinary Association, recently released its monthly report on livestock disease trends. To
26/04/2016
Following the implementation of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ new dairy and imitation dairy regulations (R .260) on 28 March 2016, Clover has introduced
26/04/2016
Dairy Day (Pty) Ltd creates jobs and gives investment value to farm employees, but also hedge revenue for milk producers. In a ground-breaking move, 30 dairy
22/04/2016
Michigan’s dairy industry is on a roll. But surprisingly, California’s is not, despite it still the largest U.S. dairy state for both cows and milk, and
18/04/2016
The South African Society for Dairy Technology (SASDT) will be hosting its 49th Annual AGM and Symposium with the theme Sustainable Dairy: Nutrition and Composition at
18/04/2016
Festival goers can prepare themselves for a terrific experience when the 15th South African Cheese Festival is celebrated at Sandringham, Stellenbosch from 30 April to 2
18/04/2016
According to Rabobank’s Global Dairy Quarterly Q1 2016, which was released last week global dairy demand is fragile but growing. The global dairy market outlook is