The Milk Producers’ Organisation (MPO) is a representative producers organisation focused on serving the primary sectorÂ
of the South African dairy industry, through a range of supportive services which enables the dairy farmers to build
profitable, sustainable, and competitive businesses.
| TIME | EVENT / TOPIC | SPONSOR |
|---|---|---|
| 15:00 | Registration | |
| 17:30 | Meet & Greet | |
| 19:00 | World without Cows Screening | Alltech |
| TIME | EVENT / TOPIC | SPEAKER | SPONSOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00 | Registration | ||
| 08:00 | Welcoming & Opening | Fanie Ferreira | |
| 08:10 | The Impact of Foot and Mouth on Farm Level: What Have We Learned? | Dr Shaun Morris | |
| 08:40 | Biosecurity on Farms and Feedlots: Panel Discussion and Protocol Proposal for Industries | Dr Danie Odendaal: On-Farm Proposal Panel: Dr Danie Odendaal (Vet & Animal Scientists), Dr Shaun Morris (Feedlot Industry), Joubert Fourie (Milk Producer/Milk Distributor, Limpopo Dairies), Bull van Rensburg (Milk Producer), Dr Dirk Verwoerd (Karan Beef & Abattoir) | |
| 09:00 | The SA Road to Food Security for the Dairy & Red Meat Industry and Product Exports | Minister John Steenhuisen | |
| 09:40 | Q&A Session | ||
| 09:50 | Platinum Sponsor Address | Alta Genetics | |
| 10:00 | Tea & Stalls | Chemuniqué |
| TIME | EVENT / TOPIC | SPEAKER | SPONSOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:15 | Creating Winning Workplace Cultures | Stef du Plessis | |
| 11:15 | Resilient Dairy Farmers in SA: What Do They Do? | Chris Fourie | |
| 11:45 | Q&A Session | ||
| 11:55 | Gold Sponsor Address | Driven | |
| 12:00 | Lunch & Stalls |
| TIME | EVENT / TOPIC | SPEAKER | SPONSOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:55 | Heat Stress VS Intestinal Tract Efficiency in Dairy and Feedlot Animals | Prof Phil Cardoso | Adisseo |
| 13:35 | Can We Feed High Performing Dairy, Beef and Sheep without IONOFORES, Cost Effectively? | Dr Paolo Fantinati | Envarto |
| 14:15 | Calf and Lamb Nutrition for Healthy and Resilient Growing and Mature Animals | Dr Javier Martin-Tereso | Trouw Nutrition |
| 14:55 | Q&A Session | ||
| 15:00 | Gold Sponsor Address | John Deere | |
| 15:05 | Tea & Stalls |
| TIME | EVENT / TOPIC | SPEAKER | SPONSOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15:25 | Diet Consistency: Using TMR Audits to Deliver More from Your Feed, Equipment and the Bottom Line | Dr Francisco Ysunza | NutriBase |
| 16:05 | Designing A FEEDSTORE And Choosing the Correct Mixer to Decrease TMR Mixing Costs for Dairies and Feedlots | Isaac Isakow | Laird USA |
| 16:50 | Smart Feeding Technology to Improve Efficiency and Productivity in Feed Mixing | Bert Coppelmans | Topcon EU |
| 17:30 | Designing The On-Farm Pellet System to Produce Quality Pellets Cost-Effectively? | Willie Jones | W Jones Machines |
| 18:00 | Q&A Session | ||
| 19:00 | Conference Gala Dinner | MC: Philip Blanckenberg Speaker: Rusty Labuschagne | |
| TIME | EVENT / TOPIC | SPEAKER | SPONSOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 | Better Fresh Cows | Dr Gordie Jones | Alta Genetics |
| 08:40 | A New TRANSITION Cow Feed Strategy to Improve Peak Milk Production | Dr Dana Tomlinson | Chemuniqué |
| 09:20 | Precision Nutrition for The Next 2 Kg Milk in High Performance Dairy Herds: Putting Science into Practice | Dr Sion Richards | Vitam |
| 10:00 | Q&A Session | ||
| 10:10 | Tea & Stalls | Microbasics |
| TIME | EVENT / TOPIC | SPEAKER | SPONSOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:30 | Silage Quality Improvement Through Technology and On-Point Management | Richardt Venter Agsci Unlimited | Budissa Bagger |
| 11:10 | Less Aggressive Strategies to Decrease Cryptosporidium Challenges and Mortalities in Young Calves and Lambs | Mark Kane-Berman | |
| 11:50 | How Can I Do On-Farm Postmortems to Assist My Vet in Making the Correct Diagnosis? | Prof Leon Prozesky | |
| 12:30 | Q&A Session | ||
| 12:40 | Lunch & Stalls |
| TIME | EVENT / TOPIC | SPEAKER | SPONSOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13:40 | Nutrition and Management of HIGH RISK as well as the New BEEF-HOLSTEIN Calves in the Feedlot | Dr Eben Oosthuysen | Chemuniqué |
| 14:10 | Challenges and Opportunities in Rearing and Managing Beef Cross Calves | Brad Gilchrist | Semex Alliance |
| 14:50 | Feeding, Managing and Selecting Animals to Improve Fertility and Feed Conversion in Your Sheep Herd | Dr Brink van Zyl | |
| 15:35 | Q&A Session | ||
| 15:45 | Conference Wrap Up | Fanie Ferreira | |
| 16:00 | End of Conference |
