As energy plays a large and very critical role in dairy processing, this sector places a significant emphasis on energy efficiency and cost management, to ensure that essential dairy goods are delivered to consumers as quickly and cost-effectively as possible.
Nestlé has announced the Skimmelkrans Net Zero Carbon Emissions Project: an ambition to create the company’s first carbon neutral dairy farm, located in George, South Africa. Nestlé has committed that by 2023, the farm will be carbon net zero.
Both our “Dairy cattle farming” and “Dairy processing” pages were updated at the end of September with information from the Milk Producers Organisation (MPO) biannual Lacto Data. We wanted to share some points of interest on South Africa’s dairy sector.
By Craig Macaskill Posted 2017-11-29 In Blog Famous Brands Cheese Company (FBCC) and Coega Dairy will collectively contribute R3 million to five black-owned community dairy farms in the Eastern Cape to finance the purchase of more than 300 dairy cows. The funds will be disbursed over a three year period, with FBCC and Coega Dairy […]
Introduction South Africa’s dairy industry compares favourably with the world’s top dairy industries in farming methods and processing of dairy products. Although dairy farming occurs throughout South Africa, it is concentrated in the coastal provinces, with 85.8% of production coming from the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape (MPO, 2023). In January 2023 there […]
