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....
Worldwide the dairy sector faces major challenges on the subject of food security, food safety and climate change. Organizations and employees have a need to continuously develop their competences: Life Long Learning. This is an opportunity for Dutch organizations and...
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...
The IFC project in Pakistan has reached its final phase. During the last few years, Bles Dairies Consultancy has trained in total 50 Dairy Development Executives (DDEs) through a partnership between The Friesian and VeteffekT. These DDEs are individual professionals...
Managing Director Henk Bles was interviewed by the Dutch magazine Boerderij, you can read the English translation here: Bles: the Dutch dairy sector moves in the wrong direction In order to further optimize the management on dairy farms, it is necessary that...
Bles Dairies, through its consultancy company The Friesian, in cooperation with VetEffecT has been awarded a contract from the IFC (World Bank Group) to implement a large Dairy Development Program (DDP) for one of Uganda’s leading milk processing plants. The DDP...
Within the framework of the SNV lead The Inclusive Dairy Enterprise (TIDE) project in Western Uganda, Bles Dairies is engaged, through its consultancy company The Friesian, in the development and implementation of a Quality Based Milk Payment System (QBMPS). This...
Recently Bles Dairies FMS (Farm Management Solutions) has been assigned to the lead management of a large-scale dairy farm in China. FMS is a new activity of Bles Dairies, that provides high-level management and supervision services for large-scale dairies. “FMS fills...
Effective solutions and technology in the dairy sector are always at the forefront of Bles Dairies. It is therefore with much pride that we announce a partnership with Connecterra, an AgriTech company based in Amsterdam, that has developed an ‘intelligent’...
Bles Dairies and Wageningen University & Research (WUR), both important players in the international dairy sector, regularly cooperate in projects where both knowledge at academic level and practical skills are required. This partnership manifests itself by...
Bles Dairies, in partnership with Wageningen University & Research (WUR), has assigned Michiel Galama as director of a joint international dairy knowledge institute, that will develop, provide and execute professional training and consultancy activities. This new...
For the 2nd time our trainers Ruud Engelman and Anne Terpstra travelled together to Pakistan. This time they visited 3 companies in 2 weeks time for the IFC project with VetEffecT. Reference their first visit in July 2017, many things have already changed in a...