Tag: dairy industry
Makhoba Farms and Nestlé are milking it on Plaas TV
Plaas Media recently travelled to the foothills of the Maluti mountains to visit a 10 000 hectare property called Makhoba Farms. This farm is...
Envarto launches Bovacillus for ruminant production
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
Envarto recently launched the Bovacillus™ probiotic for ruminants at the Candlewoods Boutique Venue in Centurion. The multi-national team of...
Mavis and Pienaar Mtlokwa: Building a farm through diversity and training
Mavis and Pienaar Mtlokwa farm on Java between Kestell and Harrismith. They run a dairy, beef cattle and egg production operation. They also cultivate...
Co-ops: The key to a healthy Polish dairy industry
Dairy farmers’ dissatisfaction with the milk price is nothing new and is certainly not limited to South Africa. Waldemar Broś of the National Association...
Dairy cows: Overcoming fodder flow shortages in winter
Kikuyu grazing into which ryegrass is sown in autumn, is the most common grazing system in the milk producing areas of the Southern Cape....
Anaplasmosis: A manageable problem
South Africa experienced a particularly hot summer this
year, with many parts of the country also having received good rain by the time
this article was...
A double-edged sword in the dairy industry
South Africa’s dairy
producers are ranked among the best in the world. Unfortunately, a war is
currently being waged in a bid to keep the country’s...