Farm visits

Ntsikelelo Baleni is the dairy manager at Morningside Farm in KwaZulu-Natal. As part of the Future Farmers Foundation he did an internship in Australia, adding valuable skills to his resumé. Photos: Judy Stuart

17-10-2024 | Article

Cultivating a skilled dairy farm workforce in South Africa

Rene Durand runs the farm and milks 22 cows with his wife Zoe and son Dominic. Photos: Chris McCullough

25-09-2024 | Article

Swiss dairy farmer gives insights into strict rules for Gruyere cheese

For the past 19 years, Joan Coll Alles has been the ‘l’amo de Binialcala’, or the farmer of Binialcala Farm, situated in the municipality of Es Mercadal. Photos: Chris McCullough

19-09-2024 | Article

Higher costs but slower pace of life milking cows in Menorca

Housed in free stalls, the cows are fed a TMR of corn silage, haylage, brewers grain, canola, distillers grain and ground corn. Photo: Zana van Dijk

19-08-2024 | Article

A family dairy farm making Canada greener

The cows are kept in free-running barns with bunks for each cow. Photos: Aage Krogsdam

12-08-2024 | Article

Producing as an organic milk producer in Denmark

The cows are kept in open camps, not on pasture since tick-borne diseases are too high a threat. A stocking rate of 10m² per cow is maintained. Photos: Lara Venter

18-07-2024 | Article

Quality beats quantity for this South African dairy

Lila Achard during an osteopathy session. Photo: Gaec de la Grosse Roche

01-07-2024 | Article

France: “The farm changes that made our cows more productive”

The number of cows the farm employees needed to handle in some way had increased sixfold, making the work very labour intensive. Photo: Canva

28-05-2024 | News

Farm report: Michigan, US: What it’s like to have bird flu in the dairy herd

A Delaval 50-point rapid exit milking system ensures that cows spend less time on their feet since they can leave the milking parlour as soon as they are done being milked. Photos: Lindi Botha

27-05-2024 | Article

A South African farmer’s focus on happy cows

Andrew Jardine, with wife Suzanne, son Howie, 12 and daughter Tilly, 10. Photos: Andrew Jardine

23-05-2024 | Article

Scotland: Successfully converting tenant farm into a dairy unit

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24-02 | Article

US dairy shift: Fewer farms, bigger herds, higher efficiency

21-02 | Article

Indonesia’s road to higher milk production

Why are some of South Africa’s farmers concerned about the Expropriation Act?

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