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Een half jaar werkt Bles Dairies nu samen met vooruitstrevende Nederlandse melkveehouders. Tijdens de kennismakingsgesprekken komt een duidelijke behoefte aan onafhankelijk advies naar voren. Met een team van (onafhankelijke) specialisten op het gebied van o.a. vruchtbaarheid, diergezondheid, voeding en genetica wordt gewerkt aan een langdurige klantrelatie. Daarmee biedt Bles Dairies voor bijna alle problemen een oplossing, kijken we mee, en ondersteunen we de melkveehouder met advies en expertise. Na observatie maken we in samenwerking met de melkveehouder en één van onze specialisten een duidelijk plan van aanpak. Dit heeft in korte tijd al mooie en concrete resultaten opgeleverd. Het verkorten ...

Een half jaar werkt Bles Dairies nu samen met vooruitstrevende Nederlandse melkveehouders. Tijdens de kennismakingsgesprekken komt een duidelijke behoefte aan onafhankelijk advies naar voren. Met een team van (onafhankelijke) specialisten op het gebied van o.a. vruchtbaarheid, diergezondheid, voeding en genetica wordt gewerkt aan een langdurige klantrelatie. Daarmee biedt Bles Dairies voor bijna alle problemen een oplossing, kijken we mee, en ondersteunen we de melkveehouder met advies en expertise. Na observatie maken we in samenwerking met de melkveehouder en één van onze specialisten een duidelijk plan van aanpak. Dit heeft in korte tijd al mooie en concrete resultaten opgeleverd. Het verkorten ...

Bles Dairies supports the development of a sustainable dairy sector in Vietnam through the Dairy4Growth project. By improving the farmers’ skills and knowledge and by ameliorating their socio-economic livelihood, they aim to produce sustainable dairy products that meet the quality standards. Various support missions have taken place providing mainly technical advice to improve the dairy situation. In April 2019, a mission was fielded to train and strengthen the communication capacities of the extension workers. The mission on Agricultural extension and communication was organized by the dedicated project staff of the FDOV project “Development of a sustainable dairy sector in Vietnam”. ...

Bles Dairies supports the development of a sustainable dairy sector in Vietnam through the Dairy4Growth project. By improving the farmers’ skills and knowledge and by ameliorating their socio-economic livelihood, they aim to produce sustainable dairy products that meet the quality standards. Various support missions have taken place providing mainly technical advice to improve the dairy situation. In April 2019, a mission was fielded to train and strengthen the communication capacities of the extension workers. The mission on Agricultural extension and communication was organized by the dedicated project staff of the FDOV project “Development of a sustainable dairy sector in Vietnam”. ...

More and more investors worldwide are interested in acquiring agricultural assets such as farmland. Essential for the investor is of course the performance in terms of productivity of the operations, to improve profitability. The selection and installation of a skilled operator on such farms and facilitating the finance for its development secures the generation of profits. The demand for fresh milk in mostly all developing countries encourages investment in dairy farming. Where in African countries the land tenure often takes the form of a lease, investors co-invest into the farming operations as well as being the leaseholder. For dairy farming ...

More and more investors worldwide are interested in acquiring agricultural assets such as farmland. Essential for the investor is of course the performance in terms of productivity of the operations, to improve profitability. The selection and installation of a skilled operator on such farms and facilitating the finance for its development secures the generation of profits. The demand for fresh milk in mostly all developing countries encourages investment in dairy farming. Where in African countries the land tenure often takes the form of a lease, investors co-invest into the farming operations as well as being the leaseholder. For dairy farming ...

Last January, Member of the European Parliament Jan Huitema gave a presentation during the Bles Dairies New Year Event at the Frisian Agricultural Museum. He emphasized that the Netherlands is frontrunner within the global agricultural sector and that the Dutch play an important exemplary role for other countries. We interviewed him about this vision for the dairy sector: What indicates that the Netherlands is a guiding country? “Dutch dairy farmers are the living proof of this idea,” says Huitema. “The agricultural industry in the Netherlands has, for instance, the smallest ecological footprint in the world.” This is partly thanks to ...

Last January, Member of the European Parliament Jan Huitema gave a presentation during the Bles Dairies New Year Event at the Frisian Agricultural Museum. He emphasized that the Netherlands is frontrunner within the global agricultural sector and that the Dutch play an important exemplary role for other countries. We interviewed him about this vision for the dairy sector: What indicates that the Netherlands is a guiding country? “Dutch dairy farmers are the living proof of this idea,” says Huitema. “The agricultural industry in the Netherlands has, for instance, the smallest ecological footprint in the world.” This is partly thanks to ...

Bles Dairies has been active in consultancy activities in East Africa for many years. To service customers in East Africa from short distance and in every aspect of the dairy value chain, we established in 2016 Bles Dairies East Africa Ltd. Headquartered out of Eldoret, Kenya, Bles Dairies East Africa is currently carrying out a pilot project for the Intelligent Dairy Farmers’ Assistant (Ida), which has started on three different dairy farms in the region. Since the moment that this heat detection and health monitoring system has been installed, the farmers have not only experienced an increase of the milk ...

Bles Dairies has been active in consultancy activities in East Africa for many years. To service customers in East Africa from short distance and in every aspect of the dairy value chain, we established in 2016 Bles Dairies East Africa Ltd. Headquartered out of Eldoret, Kenya, Bles Dairies East Africa is currently carrying out a pilot project for the Intelligent Dairy Farmers’ Assistant (Ida), which has started on three different dairy farms in the region. Since the moment that this heat detection and health monitoring system has been installed, the farmers have not only experienced an increase of the milk ...

Managing Director Henk Bles sets forth his views about the future of Bles Dairies. In this article his vision on gene technology. Is gene technology posing an opportunity or a threat? Let me explain why I think it is an absolute opportunity and why we cannot survive without this technology. Europe and specifically The Netherlands are the front-runners in agricultural technology, technology that we successfully built up during centuries. As a result, we are able to export breeding materials and products with a high quality added value and to share our knowledge around the world. Through research, development and innovations ...

Managing Director Henk Bles sets forth his views about the future of Bles Dairies. In this article his vision on gene technology. Is gene technology posing an opportunity or a threat? Let me explain why I think it is an absolute opportunity and why we cannot survive without this technology. Europe and specifically The Netherlands are the front-runners in agricultural technology, technology that we successfully built up during centuries. As a result, we are able to export breeding materials and products with a high quality added value and to share our knowledge around the world. Through research, development and innovations ...