Volume 16, Issue 3, 2009
The Dairy Mail - Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2009
Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2009
As we see it : MPO does introspection
The recent research study initiated by the Milk Producers' Organisation (MPO) in an effort to improve the services rendered by the organisation to its members, is commendable. At the time that this edition of The Dairy Mail went to print, the recommendations of the consultants were not yet known, but the results of the research had already led to a strategic planning session with the MPO.
Good news to usher in the autumn months is that the producer price of milk is on the move. Some milk buyers are increasing the price as of the beginning of March, and other buyers are bound to follow. If input costs and the inflation rate were to remain under control, the year could end better than it started.
DairyBelle kry nuwe hoof
Verwerkers skop vas
SA farmers head for the Congo
Bull calves in the spotlight
Farmers will survive
Agri-firmas mik na JSE
Daisy produces more milk
Quick melamine test
Tesco heads dairy innovation drive
Internasionale suiwelpryse het gedurende Desember 2008 die dalende tendens van die vorige maande voortgesit. Plaaslike melkproduksie het gedurende Desember 2008 met 0,9% gestyg teenoor dieselfde maand in 2007. Dit is laer as die 6,6% styging in November 2008 vergeleke met November 2007.
BEE is big business
Agri BEE has been a hot topic since the concept was first coined. Black economic empowerment deals have waned in popularity, as less and less of the ''previously disadvantaged'' truly benefit from BEE. With the advent of BEE in agriculture, the acronym has been deemed with even more suspicion on both sides of the divide.
Kry die beste prys vir jou melk
Source: The Dairy Mail 16, pp 22 –25 (2009)
Die virtuele melkbeurs is sedert September verlede jaar reeds goed op dreef en verwag vanjaar 'n aansienlike groei in deelnemersgetalle en verhandeling. Die aanvanklike groei het reeds bepaal dat die frekwensie van handelsdae van een keer 'n maand, na weeklikse handelsdae verhoog.
Source: The Dairy Mail 16, pp 27 –30 (2009)
Subsidies frowned upon
Travel on AgriBonus points
Suiwellessenaar vir Agri Inspec
New at the MPO
Suiwelnavorsing kry 'n hupstoot
Dagkongresse vir Noorde in Maart
Vennote maak inligtingsdae moontlik
Confidence plunges in 4th quarter confidence index
The MPO Dairy Confidence Index decreased by 34% from the third to the fourth quarter of 2008, to reach its lowest level in three years. Producers are, however, much more optimistic about the first quarter of 2009. The "next quarter index" increased by 114% quarter to quarter. Next quarter's more optimistic index was caused by the expectations of higher producer prices, lower feed and other input prices, and lower financing costs.
Count your blessings : my thoughts exactly
It was during the Milk Producers' Organisation's (MPO) provincial road shows in 2007, that we started to spread the word about changing times and the need for a new approach to farming - a business approach.
Curb the cost monster : speak your mind
Taking measures to cut expenditure and improve management, can add up to some spectacular savings. Ross Treleaven of Kwa- Zulu-Natal, says he is trying to keep a tighter reign on costs by working on a daily budget.
Kul-invoere kry op hul Moses
Source: The Dairy Mail 16, pp 39 –41 (2009)
Agri Inspec, die Melkprodusente-organisasie (MPO) se moniteringsmaatskappy, het die afgelope ruk goeie vooruitgang gemaak in die beheer van onwettige invoere van verskeie kommoditeite. Benewens die monitering van alle suiwelinvoere en -uitvoere namens die MPO, hanteer Agri Inspec ook monsterneming waar nodig. Markinligting en tendense word ook ingewin en verwerk vir 'n makro-blik op die suiwelmark in Suid-Afrika.
Lig in die tonnel : MPO tendense
Source: The Dairy Mail 16, pp 43 –47 (2009)
Laer insetpryse en die moontlike verbetering in produsentepryse in die laaste helfte van 2009, kan die lig weer vir melkboere laat skyn. Die jaar 2008 was vir talle melkprodusente en miljoene verbruikers en ander bedrywe, waarskynlik annus horiblis - of 'n horribale jaar indien ons dit uit Latyn sou vertaal. Uit 'n ander hoek gesien, was dit egter ook een van die opwin dendste jare wat melkboere nog ervaar het.
Die MPO Instituut vir Suiweltegnologie (IST) tesame met sy vennote, voorsien landwyd die nuutste inligting en tegnologie aangaande melkbeesboerdery aan kommersiële asook opkomende melkprodusente. By die suiwelinligtingsdae word relevante en nuwe inligting aangaande melkkwaliteit, dieregesondheid, melkaantekening, voeding, weiding en melkwinning voorsien. Werkers van kommersiële melkprodusente word opgelei in melkhigiëne, melkwinning, hittewaarneming en dieregesondheid.
Striving for best economic effect MPO Eastern Cape
Source: The Dairy Mail 16, pp 50 –53 (2009)
Agricultural black economic empowerment (AgriBEE) has evolved from being the Bogeyman for land-owners, to becoming a viable option for partnerships in agriculture. On the dairy front, the Eastern Cape has been one of the leaders in showing the way to a prosperous BEE avenue, benefiting all involved.
Hou jou oog op die silwer randjie
Author Freddie Van Zyl
Ek kan nie anders as om produsente in die Oos-Kaap geluk te wens met hulle positiewe uitkyk op die bedryf nie. Dit is dalk waarom, ten spyte van die moeiliker tye waarin die bedryf hom bevind, daar steeds nuwe melkeenhede in die provinsie opgerig word.
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As die seisoen sy draai gooi : fokus op dieregesondheid
Source: The Dairy Mail 16, pp 56 –63 (2009)
Die verskillende aspekte van goeie kuddebestuur is baie nou verweef en dit is moeilik om een aspek uit te lig sonder om ander bestuursaspekte ook aan te raak. Met dit in gedagte, het ons 'n paar veeartse wat in verskillende dele van die land praktiseer, gevra om hulle ondervinding met ons te deel oor watter bestuursuitdagings die draai van die seisoen, van somer, deur herfs tot in die winter, aan melkprodusente stel.
No nonsense no-till no-till
With fertiliser and energy costs reaching record levels last year, many farmers are looking for innovative ways to cut back on costs. No-till and other means of conservation tillage, is by no means a quick fix, but do bear some remarkable fruits.
Navigate your herd : technology
Integrated automation on dairy farms is the prime focus of research and development at DeLaval's Hamra Farm, some 20 km outside Stockholm in Sweden. While a working dairy farm, it also serves as a research and testing facility, with some 230 cows-in-milk in a voluntary milking system (VMS).