Farm visit

Ntsikelelo Baleni is the dairy manager at Morningside Farm in KwaZulu-Natal. As part of the Future Farmers Foundation he did an internship in Australia, adding valuable skills to his resumé. Photos: Judy Stuart

17-10-2024 | Article

Cultivating a skilled dairy farm workforce in South Africa

Rene Durand runs the farm and milks 22 cows with his wife Zoe and son Dominic. Photos: Chris McCullough

25-09-2024 | Article

Swiss dairy farmer gives insights into strict rules for Gruyere cheese

For the past 19 years, Joan Coll Alles has been the ‘l’amo de Binialcala’, or the farmer of Binialcala Farm, situated in the municipality of Es Mercadal. Photos: Chris McCullough

19-09-2024 | Article

Higher costs but slower pace of life milking cows in Menorca

Housed in free stalls, the cows are fed a TMR of corn silage, haylage, brewers grain, canola, distillers grain and ground corn. Photo: Zana van Dijk

19-08-2024 | Article

A family dairy farm making Canada greener

The cows are kept in free-running barns with bunks for each cow. Photos: Aage Krogsdam

12-08-2024 | Article

Producing as an organic milk producer in Denmark

The cows are kept in open camps, not on pasture since tick-borne diseases are too high a threat. A stocking rate of 10m² per cow is maintained. Photos: Lara Venter

18-07-2024 | Article

Quality beats quantity for this South African dairy

Lila Achard during an osteopathy session. Photo: Gaec de la Grosse Roche

01-07-2024 | Article

France: “The farm changes that made our cows more productive”

Land surrounding the Foundation Farm has been overgrazed due to poor management. Barry Schiever has kept his soil healthy and productive by increasing organic carbon. Photos: Lindi Botha

22-01-2024 | Article

Striving for a balance for high milk production

Jersey crosses are bred to provide animals that are ideally suited to the Glentana farm. Photos: Lindi Botha

13-12-2023 | Article

Taking efficiency further by eliminating dairy cow manure collection

When the cows comes in from summer grazing to the barn, they are given approximately 1 tonne of wholeseed for the first month, after which they are fed with grass silage. Photos supplied.

10-11-2023 | Article

What it takes to manage 200 organic dairy cows in Denmark