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29/02/2016
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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