Volume 22, Issue 7, 2015
The Dairy Mail - Volume 22, Issue 7, July 2015
Volume 22, Issue 7, July 2015
Besnoei sonder om gehalte in te boet
Die verlaging in die melkprys vereis dat boere alle beskikbare hulpbronne in alle fasette van die bedryf inspan om elke dag optimale melkproduksie te verseker. Aan die makro-ekonomiese faktore kan ons gewoonlik nie veel doen nie, maar ons kan dit wat reeds daar is, naamlik die plaas en die koeie, optimaal bestuur. Deurslaggewende besluite kan tog 'n verskil maak.
Wikkel uit die kosteknyptang : redakteursbrief
Met elke seisoen wat verbygaan, dwing die kosteknyptang in die landbou melkboere om met minder meer te produseer. En boere moet doodeenvoudig daarby aanpas.
Perspektief op hoër melkproduksie
Source: The Dairy Mail 22, pp 7 –11 (2015)
Uit verskeie oorde hoor 'n mens van die moontlike toekomstige negatiewe invloed van hoër melkproduksie op die bedryf. In dié artikel plaas MPO-ekonoom dr Koos Coetzee die hoër produksie in perspektief.
Die kostekurwe : voerkoste-indeks
Author Philip Swart
Source: The Dairy Mail 22, pp 12 –15 (2015)
Voerkoste is die grootste uitgawe in melkproduksie. Weens die groot koste implikasie wat dit inhou, moet dit vir elke produsent 'n deurlopende fokuspunt wees.
Dairy digits July 2015
Source: The Dairy Mail 22, pp 21 –37 (2015)
Dairy calender 2015
Author Dirk Strydom
Source: The Dairy Mail 22, pp 40 –45 (2015)
One of the largest drivers in terms of entrepreneurship within agriculture is the fact that input costs are increasing constantly. This is called the price-cost squeeze. This effect differs from commodity to commodity; nevertheless, within the dairy industry this is a reality.
Policy and the dairy industry
Author Christo Joubert
Source: The Dairy Mail 22, pp 47 –49 (2015)
The South African dairy industry is the fifth largest in terms of production value. It comprises a complex value chain integrated into other essential value chains in the country. This makes the industry very susceptible to government policy.
Source: The Dairy Mail 22, pp 50 –52 (2015)
Farmers often do things that are very involved, clever and logical without knowing why. It is called intuition. They send their children to smart universities at great cost where they are fed a diet of theories and methods, and return to tell Dad he should apply Euler's theorem, value-chain analysis and input-output theory to improve the way things are done on the farm.
Authors: Elmien Wehncke and Elmien Wehncke
Source: The Dairy Mail 22, pp 54 –57 (2015)
Of all the categories of leave, sick leave raises the most questions. When is it due? Is it paid or unpaid? What is a valid medical certificate? Who should pay for medical treatment? What are the employer's rights and responsibilities? Sectoral Determination 13 regulates leave in relation to farm workers.
Maak korte mette met mastitis - veearts netwerk
Source: The Dairy Mail 22, pp 59 –61 (2015)
Tydens die afgelope Grootkudde-konferensie in Port Elizabeth het baie lesings oor die effek van hoër insette op produksie gehandel, spesifiek rakende melkproduksie. Hierdie verwantskap is in baie gevalle reglynig. Dit beteken vir 10 eenhede ekstra insette (bv kos) kan 10 eenhede ekstra produksie (bv melk) verwag word.
Raising the future : production
Author Nicky Oelbrandt
Source: The Dairy Mail 22, pp 62 –69 (2015)
A better understanding of the factors affecting calf and heifer growth will help producers reduce replacement heifer costs, by lowering age at first calving (AFC) and increasing lifetime production.
Pasture inputs for optimal outputs : production
Author Rob Phillips
Source: The Dairy Mail 22, pp 70 –74 (2015)
To achieve optimal outputs from a dairy, it is essential to have the best inputs. In a pasture-based operation, the major inputs are pasture availability and quality, balancing the total diet and managing these inputs. Although the dairy cow can efficiently convert poor-quality inputs (such as roughages) into milk, the quality of these inputs affects the quantity of milk produced as well as the type and cost of other supplements needed to achieve the desired output.
What's getting in the way? : production
Source: The Dairy Mail 22, pp 76 –79 (2015)
One of the most limiting resources on a dairy farm is the time and attention of the manager. Therefore, when it comes to problem-solving and decision-making, we need to focus and identify important rate-limiting factors that get in the way of the dairy achieving its goals. By doing this, we use our skills to make positive changes improving efficiency and profitability of the dairy.
D is for disinfection : production
Source: The Dairy Mail 22, pp 80 –85 (2015)
Disinfection on a dairy farm: who needs it? You do! Cleaning and disinfection are imperative to maintain the health of production animals, especially in modern housing where high density and high productivity increase infection pressure. Thorough cleaning and adapted disinfection allow producers to decrease the pathogens level and prevent or break the disease cycle.
Toets bulle betyds - veeartsrubriek
Author Henk Visser
Source: The Dairy Mail 22, pp 86 –89 (2015)
Veeartse is bekommerd oor berigte van geslagsiektes soos trigomoniase en vibriose wat die ronde doen. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Veterinêre Vereniging (SAVV) se groep vir veegesondheid en reproduksie sê in sy maandverslag vir April dat geslagsiektes groot verwoesting in die land saai.
In harmonie met die omgewing
Source: The Dairy Mail 22, pp 90 –95 (2015)
Omgewingsvolhoubaarheid is 'n aktuele onderwerp wat veral die afgelope dekade plaaslik en internasionaal baie aandag trek. Dit vereis verantwoordelike interaksie met die omgewing om die uitputting of verdere verswakking van natuurlike hulpbronne te voorkom en 'n volhoubare omgewing te skep. Praktyke soos omgewingsimpakstudies help verseker dat die huidige bevolking nie die vermoë van toekomstige geslagte aantas om in hulle behoeftes te voorsien nie.
Op die voorpunt van tegnologie
Source: The Dairy Mail 22, pp 96 –99 (2015)
Kan innovering en nuwe tegnologie soos agribotika en hommeltuie jongmense se belangstelling in die landbou prikkel? Tydens 'n onlangse werksessie deur die Wes-Kaapse Landbounavorsingsforum (WKLNF) op Elsenburg was sommige deelnemers optimisties dat dit wel die geval is.
Milk around the world
Source: The Dairy Mail 22, pp 100 –101 (2015)
The IDF Standing Committee on Dairy Policies and Economics (SC DPE) recently asked member countries to supply information on developments over the last six months in their dairy industries. This included matters such as milk production and farm-gate prices, markets, retail prices and restructuring in the dairy industry. A summary of this survey was presented to the SC DPE in Berlin, in May 2015.