DAIRY
Dairy Day planned for Aug in Bapsfontein
G
auteng's dairy farmers as cheese, youghurt etc have
another opportunity to learn
and producers of
what's new in the industry,
dairy products such
and to hear
lectures by experts
in the field, at this
year's Gauteng
Dairy Day, to be
held at Belnori
Boutique Cheesery
in Nest Park,
Bapsfontein on
August 13.
According to
Exhibitors at last year’s Dairy Day
CATTLE
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from most smallholders will
need to look at their veld.
Where the pasture is sparse,
of poor quality or highly
variable, medium- to smallframe cattle are more
suitable.
The Bonsmara is a popular
beef breed that was devel-
organiser Rina Belcher, the
purpose of the day is to offer
dairy producers and processors an opportunity to hear
experts speak on a variety of
topics, visit the exhibits and
see the goods and services
available to the industry and
of course, to network with
their peers.
At past Dairy Days there have
been up to 35 exhibitors of
great variety covering the
banking sector, label
oped through cross breeding
Afrikaner, Hereford and
Shorthorn. (The name comes
from the name of the
professor who bred them,
Bonsma, and Mara, which is
the name of the station
where the breeding took
place.) However, this breed
is rather large for most
smallholdings.
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machines, feed and fodder,
milking machines, cheese
making requisites, cheese
moulds, yoghurt preparations, cleaning chemicals,
veterinary supplies, estate
Continued on page 17
Bovelder cow
The Hugenoot breed was
also developed in South
Africa and being more of
medium size, might be
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