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The first Agri Harvest Money Expo in Uganda

The first Agri Harvest Money Expo in Uganda

Uganda has a fast emerging dairy sector and therefore Bles Dairies participated in the Holland Pavilion at the Agri Harvest Money expo at Kampala (17-19 February). Bles Dairies represented all its disciplines and also Dairy Training Centre, of which our consultancy...

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Grassland project seminar in China

Grassland project seminar in China

Last week our dairy nutrition specialist Ben participated in a seminar in China. This seminar was organised to conclude a grassland project in which our consultancy discipline The Friesian was involved. During this seminar the outcomes of grassland demonstrations were...

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Bles Dairies supports education

Bles Dairies supports education

Dairy specialist and technical director of The Friesian Martin is appointed a member of the Advisory Committee for the new Master of Innovative Dairy Chain Management at the Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein in Leeuwarden. This master focuses on farms delivering milk of...

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Dairy farming in Siberia

Dairy farming in Siberia

Cow farming around the world is not always easy and especially in Siberia it is a challenge. Our animal nutrition specialist Ben was requested to correct the rations on two Siberian dairy farms near Irkutsk. He tells: “these days, the outside temperature lies...

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Ongoing project in Ethiopia

Ongoing project in Ethiopia

Our consultancy branch The Friesian is involved in a three-year project to stimulate the private dairy sector in Ethiopia. The aim of this project is to increase the number of profitable dairy farms and firms in the Ethiopian private sector. As part of this project,...

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New: Bles Dairies Farm movie

New: Bles Dairies Farm movie

The past few months we worked hard on our newest company movie. It’s time to show the result! The movie takes you on a grand tour at our own dairy farm. Bles Dairies Farm is a moderate sized farm in Broek, in the north of The Netherlands. We focus on top farm...

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Rehabilitation study in Sudan

Rehabilitation study in Sudan

In cooperation with a local advisory and engineering company, our consultancy discipline The Friesian is involved in the conduction of a rehabilitation and feasibility study on an existing (non operational) vast dairy complex in South East Sudan. The complex was...

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Update on the TIDE project

Update on the TIDE project

A next phase in the TIDE project (The inclusive Dairy Enterprise project) in Uganda is reached. Reason for a short update. One of our experts recently brought a succesfull visit to Mbarara in Uganda, with the purpose of establishing a Quality Based Milk Payment System...

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Follow-up trainings in Vietnam and Indonesia

Follow-up trainings in Vietnam and Indonesia

Our fertility expert and trainer Anne just returned from a visit to Vietnam and Indonesia. In both countries our consultancy branch is engaged as partner in a 5 year dairy development project and provides trainings on a quarterly basis. Anne visited farmers and...

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Dairy Training Mongolia

Dairy Training Mongolia

The Friesian as part of Bles Dairies is executing a training program for Mongolian farmers to support their daily practices and management decisions. In this video you see the cows leaving their paddock for a grazing day. The temperature is -12°C, but for them still...

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Bles Dairies Genetics news

Bles Dairies Genetics news

On October 17 we welcomed the sixteenth group of Finnish farmers for an Artificial Insemination Training. Our fertility expert Anne taught them to inseminate and how to prepare the semen being used for Artificial Inseminations. After the intensive and practical...

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Organic farming in China

Organic farming in China

Bles Dairies is involved in interim farm management for a dairy farm start-up in Heilongjiang, China. The special feature of this farm is being organic. For complying with organic certification, the farm has to grow a large part of its own protein requirement. For...

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