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29/02/2016
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Animal welfare and the drought

Prof Gareth Barth of the Livestock Welfare Coordinating Committee gave advice on managing the welfare of livestock during the drought in an interview with Lise Roberts
29/02/2016
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Chinese slowdown a risk for Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa’s supply chain risk score fell slightly in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2015 from a record high in the third quarter, with macroeconomic improvements
29/02/2016
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A burst of flavour leads fluid milk sales

Fluid milk consumption has been on the decline for decades, but some milk categories are bucking that trend. In the year that ended on 1 November
23/02/2016
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Record production by Holstein twins

Two sets of Holstein twins from Wait and See Holsteins, Mortimer, Eastern Cape, produced over 100 000 litres of milk each over 31 lactations. As far
23/02/2016
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Spotlight on 2015 imports and exports

Head of Agri inspec Bertus van Heerden gave an overview of dairy import and exports in 2015 in an interview with Lise Roberts on RSG Landbou.
23/02/2016
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Please support research on resistance to antimicrobial drugs

Two undergraduate students at Onderstepoort, Hester and Sabina de Vries, have compiled an electronic questionnaire dealing with resistance to antimicrobial drugs (AMR) as part of a
23/02/2016
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Dairy sector’s future bright, don’t listen to doomsday people

The future looks bright for the dairy industry as the world is adding 77 million people a year, Jeffrey Rosensweig, Director of the Global Perspectives Program
23/02/2016
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Dairy farmers must understand their farm environment

Jim Dickrell, the editor of the Dairy Herd Management said: “It is clear that as we roll further into 2016, there will be no shortages of
23/02/2016
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EU doing too little to help struggling farmers

France wants new market regulation measures to help farmers hurt by low milk and pork prices and has submitted proposals ahead of a meeting of European
23/02/2016
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Arla to cut 500 jobs in restructuring operation

Arla will cut 500 jobs globally in a restructuring operation aimed at creating a ‘simpler, more agile organisation’ and also meant to enable the company to
15/02/2016
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GDP for agriculture above average

According to the latest Absa Agri Trends released on 5 February 2016 “BFAP reported that, despite the impact of the drought, the GDP for agriculture is
15/02/2016
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Price increase for Woodlands producers

Eastern Cape dairy processor Woodlands announced an average price increase of 30 cents per litre for its producers from 1 March 2016.
15/02/2016
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Production and other trends

Dr Koos Coetzee, MPO economist, gave an overview of the latest production, feed cost, producer prices and other dairy market trends in an interview with Lise
15/02/2016
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Advice when feeding hay

Well-known veterinarian Dr Faffa Malan cautions farmers in drought-stricken areas of South Africa who feed their animals with hay transported from various parts of the country
15/02/2016
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Spotlight on MPO communication strategy

Bertus van Heerden, head of Agri Inspec, spoke to Lise Roberts on RSG Landbou about the MPO’s proactive communication strategy throughout the dairy value chain. To
15/02/2016
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Beef Carcass Futures Contract relaunched

The following announcement was made by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on 29 January 2016: “The JSE is proud to relaunch the Beef Carcass Futures Contract,
15/02/2016
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Mondelēz International helps consumers

Sarah Delea, director of external affairs and global health and wellness at Mondelēz International, said how and what people choose to eat is influenced by trends
08/02/2016
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Dairy market trends

The November 2016 edition of the MPO’s monthly publication Dairy Market Trends, containing information on economic trends in the local and international dairy markets was released
08/02/2016
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Silage and Hay Day

Douglas Dickson, Chairman of MPO Mpumalanga, gave an overview of the successful MPO Mpumalanga and Alzu Silage and Hay Day held on Thursday, 21 January at
08/02/2016
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Absa Agri trends highlights interest rate hike

The latest Absa Agri trends released on 29 January 2016, highlights among other things the effect of the recently announced hike in the repo rate. To