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Bles Dairies Consultancy, in cooperation with IFDC and Wageningen University and Research is carrying out a Dairy Development Project (DDP) in Nigeria for FrieslandCampina. Dairy farming in Nigeria is challenging due to poorly developed infrastructure, a lack of knowledge, no access to finance, a nomadic way of farming and a focus on meat production. The aim of this DDP is improving the local dairy sector by establishing settled farming. This is accomplished through the implementation of the Dairy Zone model, i.e. a cluster of farmers, including master farms for capacity building, infrastructure and access to finance, feed and extension services. ...

Bles Dairies Consultancy, in cooperation with IFDC and Wageningen University and Research is carrying out a Dairy Development Project (DDP) in Nigeria for FrieslandCampina. Dairy farming in Nigeria is challenging due to poorly developed infrastructure, a lack of knowledge, no access to finance, a nomadic way of farming and a focus on meat production. The aim of this DDP is improving the local dairy sector by establishing settled farming. This is accomplished through the implementation of the Dairy Zone model, i.e. a cluster of farmers, including master farms for capacity building, infrastructure and access to finance, feed and extension services. ...

Managing Director Henk Bles sets forth his views about the future of Bles Dairies. In this article his vision on rebranding The Friesian Agro Consultancy. We have a huge variety of valuable customers around the world. And the variety of our services is there to serve their needs. Our Customers: You are a farmer, either small, medium or large scale. You are an investor, a dairy processor, a government institute or an NGO. When cooperating with Bles Dairies we have one common connection: dairy cows. Our People: Bles Dairies’ people are connected with you through those cows, by supplying the ...

Managing Director Henk Bles sets forth his views about the future of Bles Dairies. In this article his vision on rebranding The Friesian Agro Consultancy. We have a huge variety of valuable customers around the world. And the variety of our services is there to serve their needs. Our Customers: You are a farmer, either small, medium or large scale. You are an investor, a dairy processor, a government institute or an NGO. When cooperating with Bles Dairies we have one common connection: dairy cows. Our People: Bles Dairies’ people are connected with you through those cows, by supplying the ...

Since May 2018, Bles Dairies Consultancy, in cooperation with VetEffecT has been actively involved in an extensive “Dairy Farmers Development” project in Uganda. During the first phase, 50 local Dairy Development Extension Experts (DDEs) have been selected to work for a local milk factory. In the long term, these DDEs will mentor 1.000 farmers in the development of their dairy farms – with as goal to increase the production from 80-150 to 1.000 litres of milk per day. Begin September 2018, the second group of 26 DDEs finalized their eight week training and two-week internship at the thirteen selected lead ...

Since May 2018, Bles Dairies Consultancy, in cooperation with VetEffecT has been actively involved in an extensive “Dairy Farmers Development” project in Uganda. During the first phase, 50 local Dairy Development Extension Experts (DDEs) have been selected to work for a local milk factory. In the long term, these DDEs will mentor 1.000 farmers in the development of their dairy farms – with as goal to increase the production from 80-150 to 1.000 litres of milk per day. Begin September 2018, the second group of 26 DDEs finalized their eight week training and two-week internship at the thirteen selected lead ...

Last August, Bles Dairies expert Anne Terpstra visited several dairy farms and held a seminar attended by sixty dairy farmers about genetics in the village Kovernino, in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. In general, little knowledge and expertise is exchanged between farmers in Russia; hence the organization of such informative meetings and seminars is at the utmost importance. During the seminar, one of the treated topics was the Repeat Breeding Syndrome (RBS). This occurs when a normally cycling cow, with no clinical abnormalities, fails to conceive after at least two successive inseminations. It is a problem almost all farmers are facing ...

Last August, Bles Dairies expert Anne Terpstra visited several dairy farms and held a seminar attended by sixty dairy farmers about genetics in the village Kovernino, in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. In general, little knowledge and expertise is exchanged between farmers in Russia; hence the organization of such informative meetings and seminars is at the utmost importance. During the seminar, one of the treated topics was the Repeat Breeding Syndrome (RBS). This occurs when a normally cycling cow, with no clinical abnormalities, fails to conceive after at least two successive inseminations. It is a problem almost all farmers are facing ...

Within the dairy development projects in Uganda, Bles Dairies, through its consultancy company The Friesian, is helping a local milk processor that is in need of more fresh milk to process. At the moment, it is dry season and difficult to predict when rain will come. Sufficient and 24/7 water supply is important for survival and also key in the process of improving the milk production and quality. Therefore, our specialists are working together with local farmers to improve the water infrastructure. In Uganda, most farmers have built a dam for water collection, providing the cows with fresh water throughout ...

Within the dairy development projects in Uganda, Bles Dairies, through its consultancy company The Friesian, is helping a local milk processor that is in need of more fresh milk to process. At the moment, it is dry season and difficult to predict when rain will come. Sufficient and 24/7 water supply is important for survival and also key in the process of improving the milk production and quality. Therefore, our specialists are working together with local farmers to improve the water infrastructure. In Uganda, most farmers have built a dam for water collection, providing the cows with fresh water throughout ...

One of the key elements for running a good dairy farm, is having a well productive herd, with a high life production and as less problems as possible. So while starting up a farm, the selection of dairy cattle is something one should pay special attention to. In the FDOV Indonesia project, Bles Dairies, through its consultancy company the Friesian, is working together with several partners, focussing on two Cooperatives in West Java. These Cooperatives will supply Frisian Flag Indonesia (FFI) with high quality milk which they can process into milk products. Currently, the partners are setting up a medium ...

One of the key elements for running a good dairy farm, is having a well productive herd, with a high life production and as less problems as possible. So while starting up a farm, the selection of dairy cattle is something one should pay special attention to. In the FDOV Indonesia project, Bles Dairies, through its consultancy company the Friesian, is working together with several partners, focussing on two Cooperatives in West Java. These Cooperatives will supply Frisian Flag Indonesia (FFI) with high quality milk which they can process into milk products. Currently, the partners are setting up a medium ...