Sabinet | Volume 19, Issue 9
Volume 19, Issue 9, 2012
The Dairy Mail - Volume 19, Issue 9, September 2012
Volume 19, Issue 9, September 2012
As we see it : agricultural renaissance
Soos ons dit sien : landboukundige renaissance
Judging by media reports from all over the world, the international dairy industry is in trouble. Farmers in some countries are demonstrating to bring their pleas to the attention of their governments.
Te oordeel aan mediaberigte van regoor die wêreld, is die internasionale suiwelbedryf in die moeilikheid. Boere in sommige lande betoog selfs om hul pleidooie onder die aandag van hul regerings te bring.
Meganisasie is onlosmaaklik deel van die sukses wat moderne landbouers behaal wanneer produktiwiteit vergelyk word met boerdery metodes van ouds. In die melk bedryf kan dié begrip verleng word na elektroniese toerusting en inligtingstegnologie wat presisieboerdery en makliker bestuur moontlik maak.
SA's economy on recovery road
Source: The Dairy Mail 19, pp 7 –9 (2012)
The South African economy survived the recession in a far better condition than countries in the developed world. South Africa's economic growth in 2012 and beyond will remain slow but positive. Global growth, especially in developing countries, creates opportunities for the South African economy.
Dairy digits September 2012 digits
Source: The Dairy Mail 19, pp 10 –11 (2012)
New Holstein less extreme : challenging the status quo : opinion
Source: The Dairy Mail 19, pp 12 –13 (2012)
Ever since I have known Professor Les Hansen, and that has been for over 12 years now, he has been talking about the "path to destruction" that the Holstein breeders have elected to take for their fine breed. He felt that the selection was for animals that were too tall, too deep and too broad. The focus was on how she looked and not on how she performed. Hansen is the former editor of the Journal of Dairy Science and is a Morse Alumni distinguished teaching professor of animal science at the University of Minnesota.
Source: The Dairy Mail 19, pp 15 –23 (2012)
Positive action by Woodlands
Nuwe meester gekroon
Wat laer pryse beteken
Oos-Kaapse boere byeen
Better handling needed
MPO KZN meets
Boeredag en kuddekompetisie
Kursus vir bestuurders
Sukses vir Noordwes
Hou diesel-emissies dop
SALHC 2012 date set
Diarise training days
International / internasionaal
Source: The Dairy Mail 19, pp 23 –29 (2012)
Dairy is good for you
Fonterra finansieel sterk
Go ahead for trading
Common agri policy
Ooreenkoms in Engeland
Act positions farms better
UK milk war feedback
US heifer prices steady
Toksien in babaformule
Laaste kans om te registreer
Spesiale registrasiefooie vir plaaslike konferensiegangers sal geld tydens die Internasionale Suiwelfederasie (ISF) se Wêreld Suiwelspitsberaad in Kaapstad van 4 tot 8 November.
Voermengers maak boer makliker
Source: The Dairy Mail 19, pp 35 –41 (2012)
Die grootste enkele bydraer tot verhoogde melkproduksie in die onlangse suiwelgeskiedenis is die koms van totaal gemengde rantsoene (TGR), of total mixed rations (TMR), soos die Engelse sê.
Kommunikasie via satelliet
Source: The Dairy Mail 19, pp 43 –45 (2012)
Swak selfoonseine in veral landelike gebiede is 'n groot bron van frustrasie vir boere en hul werkers, maar 'n nuwe ooreenkoms tussen die land se grootste diensverskaffer en Agri SA kan dalk 'n oplossing bied.
Energy-efficient control of motors
Source: The Dairy Mail 19, pp 47 –48 (2012)
Farmers can gain tighter control of energy costs by regulating the power used by electrical systems, says Eskom.
Reduce power with variable speed drives
As much as it's not new technology, AC variable speed drives are progressively becoming more cost-effective, making rapid in-roads into the agricultural market segment. Endorsed by Eskom in a drive to reduce electrical consumption in the agricultural sector, AC variable speed drives are being used on irrigation pumps, hammer mills, conveyors, refrigeration, pack houses and numerous other types of plants and equipment that make use of AC induction motors either directly or indirectly.
Reap market benefits at right time : agriMBA
Author Jim Rankin
Source: The Dairy Mail 19, pp 50 –51 (2012)
Investing in new agricultural machinery is a necessity for some and anopportunity for others. By combining the benefits of new tractor and implementtechnology with market opportunities, farm productivity can be improved at asustainable rate. Dr Jim Rankin of the South African Agricultural MachineryAssociation (SAAMA) reports on the current state of farm machinerypurchases and which market opportunities benefit the producer.
Rise of the machines : production
Source: The Dairy Mail 19, pp 52 –57 (2012)
New developments in more efficient agricultural machinery and equipment are presenting dairy farmers with exciting opportunities in using new technology to produce milk profitably.
Meer melk met minder moeite
Die plaas Rosenhof naby Humansdorp in die Oos-Kaap het onlangs die groot stap geneem om hul melkstal op te gradeer en in die nuutste tegnologie van DeLaval te belê. Johannes Vermaak boer saam met sy seun en dogter, Jacobus en Maizie, op die plaas van 910 hektaar, waar hulle 'n melkkudde van 920 Jerseys en Holsteins het.
Biotegnologie skitter plaaslik
Source: The Dairy Mail 19, pp 61 –63 (2012)
Ontwikkeling op meganiese vlak wat meer doeltreffende gewasverbouing moontlik maak, vereis dat die gewasse ook tegnologies ontwikkel word vir optimale opbrengste.
Vier geslagte saam in melk
Author Hans Lombard
Vyf geslagte van die beroemde Wait-and-See Anna Holstein-familie is in produksie naby Mortimer in die Oos-Kaap, waarvan vier geslagte gedurende Julie gelyktydig in produksie was. Volgens die rekords van SA Holstein is dit die eerste keer dat vier geslagte gelyktydig lakteer én dat daar vyf geslagte op dieselfde plaas aktief in die kudde is.
Agricol forage sorghum - first to feed
Author Riaan Roselt
Source: The Dairy Mail 19, pp 66 –67 (2012)
To optimise forage production using a sustainable and water-use efficiency approach, we need to consider the full 12-month production period. A forage sorghum programme backed by a winter cereal/brassica/ryegrass crop is what Agricol recommends to achieve the highest production per year.
Geenbewerking kán werk
Source: The Dairy Mail 19, pp 68 –75 (2012)
Die hoogste opbrengs teen die laagste insetkoste is elke boer se droom. Daarom oorweeg elke boer enige moontlike praktyk wat volhoubare winsgewendheid kan bevorder.