Courses

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Cheese/yoghurt/maas/buttermilk/cottage cheese course

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Kaaskursusse
Day 1 - Monday morning: 11:30-12:30
  • Basic principles of cheese, yoghurt, maas and cottage cheese
  • Cultures

Practical: 14:00-16:00

  • Making maas and cultured buttermilk
  • Making feta

Day 2 - Tuesday morning: 10:00-11:00

  • Mould cheeses
  • Practical: Making cottage cheese

Afternoon: 12:00-14:00

  • Practical: Making Halloumi cheese
  • Practical: Making Yoghurt
 Dag 1 - Maandagmiddag: 1 uur
  • Basiese beginsels van kaas, yoghurt, maas en maaskaas
  • Suurselkulture

Prakties: 2 ure

  • Vervaarding van maas en karringmelk
  • Vervaardiging van feta

Dag 2 - Dinsdagoggend: 1 uur

  • Skimmelkase
  • Prakties: Vervaardiging van maaskaas

Middag: 2 ure

  • Prakties: Vervaardiging van Halloumi
  • Prakties: Vervaardiging van yoghurt

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Herd health course

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Kuddegesondheid

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Feed & Fodder flow course

Voeding
Principles of herd health
  • Levels of health care
  • Biosecurity
  • Holistic approach
  • Performance driven diagnosis
Factors that influence success

Calf and replacement heifers

Udder health

Milking shed practical

  • Milking parlour practical
  • Aseptic sampling
  • Treating mastitis

Health, production and profitability

Parasite control

Infectious diseases

General cow health

  • Technical
  • Practical

Hoof care

Standard procedure

Practical – hoof care

Vaccines

Regulations and food safety

Assignment

 Beginsels van kuddegesondheid
  • Vlakke van gesondheidsorg
  • Biosekuriteit
  • Holistiese benadering
  • Prestasiegedrewe diagnose

Faktore wat sukses beïnvloed

Kalf en vervangingsverse

Uiergesondheid

Melkstal Prakties

  • Melkportaalpraktyk
  • Aseptiese monsterneming
  • Behandeling van mastitis

Gesondheid, produksie en winsgewendheid

Parasiet beheer

Infeksiesiektes

Algemene koeigesondheid

  • Tegnies
  • Prakties

Klouversorging

Standaardprosedure

Prakties – klouversorging

Entstowwe

Wetgewing en voedselveiligheid

Werkopdrag

 Understanding rumen function (video)

Feed terminology and principles

Interpretation of feed analyses

Feeding and management of calves and heifers

Managing cows on pasture

Pasture measurement

Practical determination of pasture yield and sampling

Practical herd management

Power feed supplementation on pasture

Feed supplements and milk composition

Mineral status on pastures

Selenium: an overview

TMR feed systems

Principles of silo feed production

Condition scoring and “’Locomotion scoring’

Assignment and course evaluation

 Understanding rumen function (video)

Voedingsterminologie en beginsels

Interpretasie van voeranalises

Voeding en bestuur van kalwers en verse

Bestuur van koeie op weiding

Weidingsmeting

Praktiese bepaling van weidingsopbrengs en monsterneming

Praktiese kuddesbestuur

Kragvoeraanvulling op weidings

Voedingsupplemente en melksamestelling

Minerale status op weidings

Selenium: ’n oorsig

TGR voedingstelsels

Beginsels van kuilvoer maak

Kondisietelling en ’‘Locomotion scoring’

Taakopdrag en kursus evaluering

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Reproduction course

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Reproduksie

Obstetrics in cattle

Deliver more live calves

Verloskunde by beeste

Kry meer lewende kalwers
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Die estrussiklus, estrus waarnemingsmetodes en hulpmiddels

Kunsmatige inseminasie: praktiese aspekte en sinkronisasie

Gevalle studie/video

Na-kalwing bestuur

Samestelling en semen hantering

Verhoog winste deur goeie reproduksiebestuur

Praktiese werk

Bulseleksie

Die bestuur van skoonmaak bulle

Hittewaarneming/hulpmiddels

Siektes wat vrugbaarheid beinvloed

Optrede as koei aborteer

Kalwingsprobleme

Verloskunde prakties 'wet lab'

The maandelikse kuddeondersoek: inleiding en bespreking

Ideale kudde verhouding

Werksopdrag

  • Normal birth
  • Oversized calves
  • Abnormal position
  • Abnormal presentation
  • Abnormal posture
  • Corrective measures
  • Aids for delivery
  • When to call the Vet
  • Normale geboorte
  • Kalwers wat te groot is
  • Abnormale posisie
  • Abnormale aanbieding
  • Abnormale postuur
  • Regstellende optredes
  • Hulpmiddels by verlossing
  • Wanneer om die veearts te roep

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Mentorship course

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Training the trainer
Course has been cancelled     Click H E R E to download the detailed programme

Day 1 - Milking machines

Day 2 - Food safety in the milking parlour

Day 3 - EXPO DAY - visit stands, see Mini-Queen of the Expo event and attend mini-symposium

Day 4 - Raising healthy calves

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Practical farm worker courses

    

Praktiese plaaswerker kursusse
  • Animal husbandry and hygiene in the milking parlour (5 days)
  • Productivity and the free market system (5 days)
  • Tractor maintenance
    
  • Diereversorging en higiene in die melkstal (5 dae)
  • Produktiwiteit en die vryemark stelsel (5 dae)
  • Diereversorging - melkbeeste

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