Vision

Proud to be a dairy farmer In the Netherlands there is a huge discussion around nitrogen and CO2 emissions. Unfortunately, we see that the agricultural sector is wrongly being depicted as the main cause for the surplus of these emissions. How can it be that this sector is so heavily charged with these problems? While efforts in the agricultural sector have already produced many improvements, we see that other sectors, such as transport, industries and households, have only increased their emissions over the last decades. Agriculture is being hit disproportionately. #trotsopdeboer The Netherlands is frontrunner within the global agricultural sector ...

Proud to be a dairy farmer In the Netherlands there is a huge discussion around nitrogen and CO2 emissions. Unfortunately, we see that the agricultural sector is wrongly being depicted as the main cause for the surplus of these emissions. How can it be that this sector is so heavily charged with these problems? While efforts in the agricultural sector have already produced many improvements, we see that other sectors, such as transport, industries and households, have only increased their emissions over the last decades. Agriculture is being hit disproportionately. #trotsopdeboer The Netherlands is frontrunner within the global agricultural sector ...

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 ...

Managing Director Henk Bles sets forth his views about the future of Bles Dairies. In this article his vision on creating a Green Revolution. Today’s main topics in agriculture are about climate control and how to feed the world’s growing population in a sustainable way. As a result perhaps even more significant is the increasing migration. How can this happen? In most African countries the population is growing each year with 2.5% to 3%. Can we believe that in about 35 years the population in those countries will double? We know there is a relationship between the number of children per ...

Managing Director Henk Bles sets forth his views about the future of Bles Dairies. In this article his vision on creating a Green Revolution. Today’s main topics in agriculture are about climate control and how to feed the world’s growing population in a sustainable way. As a result perhaps even more significant is the increasing migration. How can this happen? In most African countries the population is growing each year with 2.5% to 3%. Can we believe that in about 35 years the population in those countries will double? We know there is a relationship between the number of children per ...

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 ...

Managing Director Henk Bles sets forth his views about the future of dairy farming worldwide. In this article his vision on sustainable farming.  GHG: who foots the bill? Every day one can read something about climate change, climate goals, sustainable  models, etc. Tons of papers are written and tremendous number of hours are spent by governments, institutes, business parties etc. on finding solutions for preventing from climatic changes and environmental disruptions leading us to global instability and migration. Environmental organizations collect millions of dollars for scientific research, traveling around the world to proof they must be right and that it ...

Managing Director Henk Bles sets forth his views about the future of dairy farming worldwide. In this article his vision on sustainable farming.  GHG: who foots the bill? Every day one can read something about climate change, climate goals, sustainable  models, etc. Tons of papers are written and tremendous number of hours are spent by governments, institutes, business parties etc. on finding solutions for preventing from climatic changes and environmental disruptions leading us to global instability and migration. Environmental organizations collect millions of dollars for scientific research, traveling around the world to proof they must be right and that it ...

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 sufficient knowledge remains available. This is the opinion of Henk Bles, owner of Bles Dairies, an internationally operating in the dairy business.  “The dairy industry needs to communicate the farmers’ story. Now the dairy industry is focusing too much on the Dutch market “, says Henk Bles of Bles Dairies. As a result, the position of the Dutch ...

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 sufficient knowledge remains available. This is the opinion of Henk Bles, owner of Bles Dairies, an internationally operating in the dairy business.  “The dairy industry needs to communicate the farmers’ story. Now the dairy industry is focusing too much on the Dutch market “, says Henk Bles of Bles Dairies. As a result, the position of the Dutch ...