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Last month, Bles Dairies’ senior consultant Anne Terpstra visited Finland, providing several trainings to local dairy farmers. He held amongst others a training about managing sick and injured cows. Finnish dairy farmers are increasingly showing interest in daily hands-on knowledge, since veterinary costs are extremely high. Therefore, the farmers have expressed their wish to manage daily health-related treatments themselves. Subsequently, during the Semex Client Days, Anne held a presentation about ‘the period from conception to milking heifer,’ which led to much discussion and interaction. A group of more than 120 dairy farmers attended the two-day event, for which Semex-expert Chantal ...

Last month, Bles Dairies’ senior consultant Anne Terpstra visited Finland, providing several trainings to local dairy farmers. He held amongst others a training about managing sick and injured cows. Finnish dairy farmers are increasingly showing interest in daily hands-on knowledge, since veterinary costs are extremely high. Therefore, the farmers have expressed their wish to manage daily health-related treatments themselves. Subsequently, during the Semex Client Days, Anne held a presentation about ‘the period from conception to milking heifer,’ which led to much discussion and interaction. A group of more than 120 dairy farmers attended the two-day event, for which Semex-expert Chantal ...

Bles Dairies gaat zijn services nu ook richten op de vragen van de moderne vooruitstrevende melkveehouder. Hiermee wil Bles Dairies in eerste instantie in Nederland een gezicht geven aan al zijn activiteiten in livestock, genetics en kennisoverdracht. De klantrelatie zal centraal zijn waarbij met een team van onafhankelijke specialisten op het gebied van o.a. diergezondheid, voeding en vruchtbaarheid, vragen of problemen oplossingen kunnen worden aangedragen. Hiermee beoogt Bles Dairies een samenwerking met de melkveehouder voor het opbouwen van een duurzame veestapel. Daarbij is ook de leverantie van kwaliteit melkvee en genetica onderdeel van. Met deze strategische uitbreiding van haar diensten ...

Bles Dairies gaat zijn services nu ook richten op de vragen van de moderne vooruitstrevende melkveehouder. Hiermee wil Bles Dairies in eerste instantie in Nederland een gezicht geven aan al zijn activiteiten in livestock, genetics en kennisoverdracht. De klantrelatie zal centraal zijn waarbij met een team van onafhankelijke specialisten op het gebied van o.a. diergezondheid, voeding en vruchtbaarheid, vragen of problemen oplossingen kunnen worden aangedragen. Hiermee beoogt Bles Dairies een samenwerking met de melkveehouder voor het opbouwen van een duurzame veestapel. Daarbij is ook de leverantie van kwaliteit melkvee en genetica onderdeel van. Met deze strategische uitbreiding van haar diensten ...

Bles Dairies Consultancy has been awarded an assignment from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), which operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, to conduct a Dairy Market Study in Armenia. Bles Dairies Consultancy conducts this study to identify and address the matching needs for both the Armenian public and private dairy sector, supporting the development of the Armenian Dairy Market. The outcome of the study will show which legal and technical measures local authorities will have to take, removing any obstacles for the development of local business. Furthermore, it will be a starting point ...

Bles Dairies Consultancy has been awarded an assignment from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), which operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, to conduct a Dairy Market Study in Armenia. Bles Dairies Consultancy conducts this study to identify and address the matching needs for both the Armenian public and private dairy sector, supporting the development of the Armenian Dairy Market. The outcome of the study will show which legal and technical measures local authorities will have to take, removing any obstacles for the development of local business. Furthermore, it will be a starting point ...

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 ...