Retained foetal membranes (Part 1) doctor's diary (technology)
Also referred to as retained placenta or retained after-birth, retained foetal membranes (RFM) is perceivably the most common post partum problem of dairy cows.
Haal die byt uit BVD (Deel 2)
Source: The Dairy Mail 15, pp 88 –91 (2008)
In die vorige uitgawe van The Dairy Mail, het ons gekyk na die uitwerking en koste wat beesvirusdiarree (BVD) op die suiwelbedryf in Suid-Afrika het. In hierdie uitgawe kyk ek na die verskil tussen lae-risiko en hoë-risiko kuddes, en verskaf maniere om te bepaal wat u kudde se status is en wat dit u potensieel kan kos.
As milk production improves and the focus moves to advances to improve milk production further, the basics are often forgotten. The basics must be correct before advances can be made. Once the advances have started, the basics must be maintained. In this article we look at a few of the basics that should be remembered and checked.
It never rains ... (dairy in the USA ) : technology
The floodwaters couldn't have come at a worse time. They submerged thousands of hectares of cropland in the American Midwest, while a world battered by soaring food and energy prices, was still keeping its fingers crossed for good weather this year.
Die merk van langslewendheid : fokus op SA suiwel switsers
Source: The Dairy Mail 15, pp 94 –96 (2008)
Die Suiwel Switser is een van Suid-Afrika se vier groot melkrasse en is veral bekend vir die goed gebalanseerde, romerige melk wat die ras lewer. Die SA Suiwel Switsertelersgenootskap fokus in hierdie artikel op langslewendheid, een van die vele positiewe eienskappe van hierdie hoogs aanpasbare beesras.
Aspoester word 'n prinses : fokus op SA suiwel switsers
Author Anton Smit
Dit is vir die SA Suiwel Switsers Telersgenootskap 'n voorreg om u in hierdie bylaag 'n bietjie meer oor hierdie unieke suiwelras in te lig.
Honderd jaar oud! : fokus op SA suiwel switsers
Source: The Dairy Mail 15, pp 98 –99 (2008)
"Hierdie gebeurtenis was voorwaar 'n mylpaal en die geleentheid is vereer deur die aanbieding van 'n nasionale skoukampioenskap tydens die Bloemskou," sê die SA Suiwel Switsers Telersgenootskap se president, dr Anton Smit.
The business of making cheese
Source: The Dairy Mail 15, pp 100 –103 (2008)
"Farmers should make cheese in order to create another profitable division in their farming operation," says Kobus Mulder, manager for dairy at Agri-Expo. He gives the following business advice on farm cheese-making in South Africa.
Ons groet 'n staatmaker : verwerking
Ina Jordaan was voorwaar bekend en bemind in die suiwelbedryf. Op 9 Junie 2008 het sy finaal die stryd teen kanker verloor. Maar hierdie legende van die Suiwel Standaardagentskap, het nie sonder 'n nalatenskap heengegaan nie.
A bright future for natural colours
The global beverage and confectionery industries are making a shift towards natural colours, as more and more consumers associate natural products with superior quality.
Rather red than dead?
Source: The Dairy Mail 15, pp 109 –110 (2008)
Met a young man the other day wearing a blood-red T-shirt with the by-now idealised picture of Che Guevara, an icon of rebellious youth. (Che, a notorious Communist revolutionary, has just had a statue erected in his "honour" in Argentina, much to the disgust of some locals.)
Creating a future for agriculture
Source: The Dairy Mail 15, pp 112 –115 (2008)
The University of Pretoria's Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences has a long, substantial record of research, and high quality undergraduate and post graduate education. The University of Pretoria (UP) is a large, residential research university.
Put waste water to use
Leigh Torr, a student at the University of Stellenbosch, will be covering the subject of using dairy farms' waste water as fertiliser, as part of her Master of Arts degree.
2008 Royal champions
Inligtingsdag oor weiding
Obaro, die landbou- en tuinboudeskundiges, en saadmaatskappy, K2Agri, het onlangs 'n inligtingsdag rondom weiding aangebied.
Book page : book review
Ecoguide - Namaqualand by John Manning
Making the most of indigenous trees by Fanie & Julye-Ann Venter
Man van God : Manne wat 'n verskil maak deur Bennie Mostert
'n Uitmuntende elfde produksieveiling van Blesbokkamp Stoetery van Johan van den Heever, is op 4 Junie 2008 op die plaas Koppieskamp, Senekal, aangebied.
Nuut by Vitam International
Francois Sparks is onlangs aangestel as tegniese verkoopsverteenwoordiger vir Vitam International en KK Animal Nutrition.
Pöttinger spells silage success
Valtrac's newest offering on the market - the Pöttinger silage wagon - promises to make the best silage ever from nearly any crop imaginable.