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...
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...
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...