Sabinet | Volume 26 Number 12
Volume 26 Number 12, 2019
The Dairy Mail - Volume 26 Number 12, December 2019
Volume 26 Number 12, December 2019
Die einde van 2019 is om die draai. 'n Jaar wat baie gebied het, ten spyte van baie moeilike boerdery-omstandighede en 'n wispelturige omgewing. Ons is almal bekend met die faktore wat vanjaar 'n effek op die melkbedryf gehad het, maar daar was baie ligpunte wat die MPO gedryf het om 'n omgewing daar te stel waar elkeen volhoubaar kan bly melk. Dit is die volharding en deursettingsvermoë van ons produsente wat gemaak het dat melkproduksie weer jaar-tot-jaar op 'n nasionale grondslag toegeneem het. Hoekom is ons melkboere steeds suksesvol?
Sitting down to write this month’s note, I am overwhelmed by a feeling of gratitude. Expressing it is like wrapping my own personal gift to you. Reflecting over the beautiful highlights of the tough year that was, I can only but acknowledge, with gratitude, all the help in achieving this year’s successes and the list is long. Thank you for every word considered, every image carefully placed, every gentle nudge in the right direction, all the friendly advice offered, every beautiful compliment and, most of all, for the generous space to be me and for embracing the change at The Dairy Mail, our flagship publication. I am so grateful for the people that crossed my path this year, for every conversation built sharing a delicious cup of coffee, and for every road trip adventure out and about, to bring the dairy stories, news, and views to you, our passionate reader.
Ontmoet die MPO-direkteure
ʼn Man met ʼn slim kop vir syfers … So op sy stil manier kan hy die moeilike besluite neem, sê wat gesê moet word en is hy glad nie bang om moue op te rol en sy hande vuil te maak nie. Die van Greunens se melkboerdery is geleë naby George in die Wes-Kaap en hier boer die broers Johan, Nelius, Bennie en Christie saam.
Meet the MPO team / editorial committee
Source: The Dairy Mail 26, pp 10 –10 (2019)
SA Publication Forum Awards 2019
Source: The Dairy Mail 26, pp 11 –11 (2019)
This year The Dairy Mail was a finalist in the Best External Magazine Category B of the 18th South African Publication Forum Awards. We were acknowledged for excellence in communication, design, and writing skills, achieving scores of 81%, 81%, and 77%. Here is what the judges had to say...
Author Ilse Trautmann
Source: The Dairy Mail 26, pp 12 –12 (2019)
’n Ode aan Dok Koos
Source: The Dairy Mail 26, pp 13 –13 (2019)
Wanneer die soekterm ‘Dr. Koos Coetzee’ in Google getik word, verskyn daar binne 0,28 sekondes 2 680 soekresultate wat jou op 'n landbou-ekonomiese ontdekkingsreis neem. Elke skakel sluit 'n deur oop wat jou horison verbreed en jou kennis verdiep.
Source: The Dairy Mail 26, pp 14 –18 (2019)
What does it mean to do the right thing? For The Dairy Mail, doing the right thing entails using well-researched content to inspire role players in the dairy industry to improve what they are doing. That is one of the reasons why the magazine presents an innovation award to one business each year. This year, Fair Cape Dairies received the award for their solar switchover project. Fair Cape Dairies live by their brand slogan, ‘Do The Right Thing’, and over the years they have taken steps to reinforce this. In the process, they became a front runner by showing the dairy industry how to embrace sustainability principles in various aspects of a business.
Milk is our hero
Authors: Nichelle Steyn and Barbara Bieldt
Source: The Dairy Mail 26, pp 19 –21 (2019)
Teamwork was once again the recipe for success in this year’s World School Milk Day celebrations from 11 to 20 September. The partnership between the MPO, the Department of Basic Education’s (DBE) National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP), and Milk SA’s Consumer Education Project (CEP) significantly increased the impact of the celebrations. Collaboration between the partners ensured that the occasion was well planned, coordinated, and executed. In addition, the thorough preparation by the participating schools added to the excitement that characterises these events. Eight provincial departments of education (Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, North West, Mpumalanga, Limpopo) joined the celebrations. World School Milk Day was celebrated by more than 12 000 pupils across South Africa.
Vind jou roeping deur te netwerk
Author Jacques Claassen
Agrijob se werwingspan het onlangs ’n eerste en baie geslaagde inligtingsdag in samewerking met verskeie landbou-instansies en potensiële werkgewers vir studente by die Universiteit Stellenbosch aangebied. Die kollig is geplaas op ’n wye spektrum van moontlikhede en die landbou se strategiese rol in die toekoms van die mensdom.
Ireland national ploughing championships
Author Brendan Webster
Let me begin by thanking James Kean from Mearns Farm near Mooi River. James informed me about the competition a day before the closing date and suggested I enter, as he thought I had a good chance of winning. The next thing I knew I was on a plane to Ireland with Dr Ureshnie Govender from Enterprise Ireland, Illa Hugo from Agri Connect, and Sharon Tsigadi from Kenya.
Ekonomiese oorsig O, die goeie tyding
Source: The Dairy Mail 26, pp 28 –30 (2019)
O, die blye tyding! Oral is daar rede om opgewonde te raak en te wees oor melk en die Suid- Afrikaanse suiwelbedryf. Die jaar was moeilik en in baie dele van ons land was die jaar sommer net onredelik onbillik. Vir my is dit moeilik om te besluit of ek moet terugkyk oor die jaar en of ek net vorentoe moet fokus. Hoe weet ʼn mens waarheen jy op pad is as jy nie weet waar jy vandaan kom nie?
Melk SA aan die woord Goeie dinge is nog volop
Author Nico Fouché
Source: The Dairy Mail 26, pp 31 –31 (2019)
In Suid-Afrika het ons nog ʼn redelik lewendige ekonomie, infrastruktuur, geordende waardeketting en gesofistikeerde mark. Ons is ook gelukkig met innoverende denke en skeppende entrepreneurskap op alle terreine van die samelewing. Daar is ʼn wil om vorentoe te gaan en te verbeter op gister. Hierdie kultuur bring beter lewensgehalte en gelukkiger lewens vir vele. Waar die regering van die dag faal, stig die gemeenskap vrywillige organisasies wat publieke dienste lewer en toesien dat die regering sy werk beter doen soos die Civil Action Group (vir onder andere behuisingskemas en infrastruktuur), verbruikersorganisasies, Afriforum, die National Institute for Crime Prevention en die Treatment Action Campaign.
Source: The Dairy Mail 26, pp 32 –33 (2019)
Source: The Dairy Mail 26, pp 35 –41 (2019)
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY CHAMPIONS HONOURED BY IDF
FLAVOURED MILK CATEGORY RECORDS POSITIVE GROWTH
AFMA’S HEAD RE-ELECTED TO IFIF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SCHOLARS DRESSED FOR SUCCESS ON TOUR WITH HINTERLAND AFRIKASKOP SPONSORSHIP
ARC NATIONAL MASTER DAIRYMAN AWARDS 2019
JUPIDEX CELEBRATES 20 YEARS’ EXISTENCE
CLIMATE ADVISORY FOR THE 2019/2020 SUMMER SEASON
STRENGTHENING SOUTH AFRICA’S WATER VALUE CHAIN THROUGH PARTNERSHIP
Op 'n ligter noot Eerste voorsitter – Willie Fourie
Source: The Dairy Mail 26, pp 43 –43 (2019)
Die Melkraad en die provinsiale en nasionale MPO het oor die jare verskeie voorsitters gehad, almal baie bekwame mense met uitstekende leierseienskappe, en elkeen het met sy eie unieke styl bygedra tot die MPO se suksesse.
Source: The Dairy Mail 26, pp 45 –45 (2019)
Dairy Calendar 2019–2020
The good news about silage
Author Richardt Venter
Source: The Dairy Mail 26, pp 46 –51 (2019)
I often receive the comment that I am painting a very ‘negative’ picture regarding silage. This is due to the various discussions on losses and challenges revolving around silage that I am always having with farmers or groups. The reality is that a lot of the success in improved silage comes from decreased losses and changed management behaviour, so the focus usually revolves around these issues, and the hard numbers around how big losses can sometimes be. This might seem negative. However, there are so many positive attributes of silage that it seems logical to at some stage stop, reflect, and discuss these positive points. This month it’s time for that!