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5 Steps of Calf Rearing
After the success of last years educational campaign, The 5 steps to successful dairy farming, ProFarm will launch a new campaign focusing on calf rearing. Simple cartoons will explain farmers how to take care of the progeny from our breeding services. It stresses the importance of hygiene at time of birth, colostrums feeding, individual housing and proper nutrition without overfeeding.

 

For the first time available in Pakistan, Sprayfo Calf Milk Replacer
ProFarm Pakistan has expanded it's feeding portfolio with Sprayfo Calf Milk Replacer from Holland. Although already used by the major corporate farms in the country, the use of milk replacer is unknown to the majority of dairy farmers. ProFarm will launch a regulated introduction were progressive farmers will be trained extensively in the use of the product before they participate in the program. If prepared and fed in the correct manner, Sprayfo brings a constant nutrition to calves enabling them to grow strong and healthy. In addition, the cost of Sprayfo is significantly less than the price the farmer can get for the cow milk that is now given to the calves. Together with a simple set of accessories like teat buckets, whisks, cups, jugs and thermometers, Sprayfo will be available through our centers from December onwards.

ProFarm Pakistan becomes official distributor and sales representative for Delaval
ProFarm Pakistan and Delaval Pakistan have further strengthened their relation. As per October 2008 ProFarm Pakistan will act as authorized sales representative for Delaval bucket milking equipment. We will also be distributor of all Delaval after market products, like Dipal, electric dehorners, calf feeding buckets etc. through all our centers.

 

ProFarm Pakistan enters into animal nutrition with ProVita Mineral Mixture

ProFarm is very pleased that the leading premix and farm mineral manufacturer in Western Europe, Trouw Nutrition International has been willing to develop a mineral mixture for Pakistan to supplement all necessary vitamins, macro and micro minerals to regular fodder rations.

This Mineral Mixture will not only help to achieve top milk production, but also stimulates rumen function, supports health and longevity, and helps to prevent mastitis, hoof- and fertility problems.

ProVita will be available in all ProFarm Centers from October onwards, in 1Kg and 25Kg packing.

 
Regional Center Sheikhupura inaugurated
That the ProFarm concept is a success is no longer a question but a fact. With the opening of already the 8th center last Friday 27th of June, it was clear that ProFarm has definitely outgrown the phase of start up and has become a full grown company. The opening was inaugurated by  Haji Ghullam Nabi, MPA Sheikhupura and Engineer Bilal Ahmed Virk, Thesil Nazim Sheikhupura.
Online Sire Selector to help breeders find the best Sires for their herd
To help breeders navigate through all the breeding values of our expanding portfolio of Sires, we have developed an easy to use Sire Selector. In three steps a breeder can get a Sire advice based his own priorities and breeding goal. The results are presented in list where the bulls are ranked based on how they match with the desired traits. The list also shows links to the breeding values at the official website of NRS.

Try it yourself; Sire Selector

Cattle trade facility at ProFarm centers
More and more livestock holders and dairy farmers know to find us with their needs and problems regarding their cattle. One of the frequent requests we get is to assist in the search for potential buyers or sellers of cows, calves or buffalo's. As of last month all our centers keep records of animals offered for sale within their region, with details and requested price.

Buyers can browse through the records and directly contact the seller of the animals they are interested in. ProFarm is offering this facility free of cost.
Regional Center Muzaffar Garh inaugurated by Mr. Imtiaz Aleem Qureshi
Mr.Imtiaz Aleem Qureshi, former parliamentary secretary, inaugurated the 7th ProFarm™ Regional Office in Muzaffar Garh on Thursday 6th March, 2008. Many farmers of Muzzafar Garh  witnessed the ceremony and showed great interest in the arrival of ProFarm™. The Chief guest called that the opening of ProFarm™ Regional Office, a great opportunity for cattle and buffalo farmers in the district.
NOW AVAILABLE - SiryX™ Sexed Semen and CANVAS!
ProFarm™ is proud to present sexed semen under the name of SiryX™. By using advanced technology in semen production HG (Holland Genetics) is able to separate sperm cells with X and Y chromosomes. This results in semen that brings more than 90% heifers (female) calves!! If you don't want to waste time and money on rearing bull calves, this is the solution. Sexed semen is available from the elite bulls, Kirkland and Olympic. In the same shipment, semen from the elite sire CANVAS arrived (Note: Due to the large international demand, availability is limited). To get more information or to order contact Rai Usman Mobile: 0302-8480554 , usman@ProFarm™.com.pk
TEVTA and ProFarm™ Pakistan ink MOU

On the 7th of March TEVTA (Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority) and ProFarm™ Pakistan signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

This collaboration enables us to train students, without prior experience, to perform AI and provide extension services.

Students will get 6 weeks of practical and theoretical training and an internship where they get experience in the field. After finishing the training students will be able to make a valuable contribution in the livestock sector and earn an income.

   
  CRV takes a leap forward in breeding - Genomic Selection  
  The influence of genomic selection in CRV’s breeding program is growing fast and this will result in more accurate selection and faster genetic progress. Genomic selection tools are expected to be in full use by the organization by the second half of 2008 and CRV is the international forerunner in the application of this advanced selection technique.

Thanks to genomic selection, the success rate of CRV tested bulls breaking through as commercial breeding sires will double. The genetic progress will also increase significantly and is estimated to be an extra 35% or higher. With these changes, CRV marks a new era in cattle breeding.

For more information: www.hg.nl or www.crvholding.com or contact ProFarm™ Pakistan

  
   
  January 2008 – Twin calves are born in Depalpur, Okara  
 

A cow of non descript breed, inseminated with the semen of New Zealand Holstein Fresian Bull named KIWI  (Whinley Magley Extasy) gave birth to not 1 but 2 beautiful, healthy heifer calves in Chak Qasmana, Tehsil Depal Pur, District Okara at the farm house of  Mr. Rai Israr Ahmad Qasmana.

The cow that was inseminated on 15th of April 2007 by our Technician Mr.Shoaib, has recovered remarkably well. The owner of the new born twins was obviously pleased with this unexpected expansion of his herd as well as with all the interest from the neighbors in his village.

  
   
   On 2nd February AI Center Talagang Inaugurated by Mr. Malik Saleem Iqbal  
 

Mr. Malik Saleem Iqbal, Tehsil Nazim Talagang , inaugurated the 6th ProFarm™ Regional Office in Talagang, District Chakwal on Saturday 2nd Februaury, 2008. Tehsil Nazim has declared the new Regional Office as a great opportunity for cattle and buffalo farmers of district Chakwal. Tehsil Nazim further advised the farmers who were present on the opening ceremony to use Proven & Pedigreed semen to improve the genetic potential of their cattle and get a higher milk yield.

 
 

 SEMINAR – How to profit from dairy farming

  
 

Last Tuesday, the 29th of January ProFarm™ Pakistan, together with Delaval, Nestle, PDDC and Smeda successfully conducted the first of a series of seminars on commercial dairy farming in Sargodha City. The 5 coordinating companies each contributed to the seminar knowledge and experience on their particular area of expertise. Over a hundred livestock farmers participated in the seminar.

The objective of the seminar was to promote commercial dairy farming in Pakistan. The seminar provided an opportunity to gain knowledge on best farming practices and to find practical solutions for specific problems of the livestock sector. Due to the good response of this first seminar the organization intends to replicate this seminar at other locations throughout the Punjab within the next few months.

 
   
    Delaval and ProFarm™ Pakistan sign MoU  
 

On the 12th of December a MoU was signed between Delaval and ProFarm™ Pakistan.

Next to joint efforts on the promotion of commercial dairy farming and sharing relations, the two companies will explore possibilities to offer some of Delaval....s high quality products through the service infrastructure of ProFarm™.

"ProFarm™ field staff visits approximately 5000 farms every month to inseminate cows and buffalos. The MoU with Delaval enables us to increase the value of these visits tremendously by offering other products and services at the farmer’s doorstep as well. ProFarm™ is very glad to join hands with a company such as Delaval, their professional organisation and their quality products and services are completely in line with our core values of quality and reliability."

  
   
    December 2007 – First ProFarm™ calf is born in Depalpur, Okara  
  A beautiful, healthy black & white heifer calf saw the light of day for the first time in the early morning of 6 December in Depalpur, Okara. Apart from it's beauty this calf is special as it is the first calf born from ProFarm™ semen in Pakistan. The New Zealand father, Kiwi a.k.a. Whinlea Magley Ectasy is one of the many elite bulls from HG and Ambreed of which the semen is inseminated in Pakistan by ProFarm™.  
   
 

  Joint Seminar on Commercial Dairy Farming planned for January 29th

  
  Together with SMEDA, Nestle, PDDC and Delaval, ProFarm™ will organize a seminar on commercial dairy farming. The seminar is planned for the 29th of January and will be held in Sarghoda. The objective of this one day seminar, is to promote commercial dairy farming among livestock farmers. Being a successful dairy farmer in Pakistan is not easy and requires multi disciplinary skills. The 5 companies will each contribute to the seminar within there area of expertise, to share knowledge and experience on the various aspects of dairy farming.

 
   
   Grant contract signed with ASF  

 

Tuesday 4th December ProFarm™ Pakistan and Agribusiness Support Fund signed a grant contract whereby ASF would extent grant support to ProFarm™ for providing extension services to livestock farmers in Punjab. ProFarm™ is grateful for the support that is considered more than a financial grant, but a recognition of our efforts and a compliment to our achievements so far.

  
   
 

 AI Center Kabirwala, District Khanewal inaugurated

  
 

During a highly interactive opening ceremony, visited by many farmers from the Khanewal district as well as representatives from Nestle Kabirwala, ProFarm™ Pakistan has inaugurated it's 5th AI center. "We have been waiting a long time for a reliable AI service with good quality semen" was one of the many enthusiastic responses that were heard that day.

 

  
   
 

 ProFarm™ launches "Free Animal Tagging"

  
 

ProFarm™ launched a Free Animal Tagging service with every insemination of imported semen. ProFarm™ started tagging, registration and recording of animals and inseminations. The recorded inseminations are used to make feedback calls to the farmers to monitor the conception rates of our bulls, our AITs and the animals we serve. In the future it will provide us data to even better select bulls for the Pakistani cattle. Another direct benefit for the farmer is that our records are an independent proof of the progeny of his future animals, which will increase the animal's value in the market.

 

  
   
    AI Center Bhowana, District Jhang inaugurated by Mr. Rizwan Ullah Beg  

Mr. Rizwan Ullah Beg, District Coordination Officer (DCO) Jhang, inaugurated the 4th ProFarm™ Regional Office in Bhowana, District Jhang on Wednesday 26th September, 2007. DCO Jhang has declared the new Regional Office as a great opportunity for cattle and buffalo farmers of district Jhang. DCO further advised the farmers who were present on the opening ceremony to use Proven & Pedigreed semen to improve the genetic potential of their cattle and get a higher milk yield.

The opening ceremony was witnessed by Mr. Paul Schoenmakers, Of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Mrs. Marian Beerthuis of Trouw Nutrition, Mr. Marc Mazairak of The Royal Dutch Embassy Islamabad and Mr. Joachim Westerveld Founder of ProFarm™ Pakistan. 

   
    18 August 2007 - Jersey bulls, MANHATTEN & MAJIK arrive in Lahore  
  Apart from the already available HF bulls, ProFarm™ is proud to offer semen from 2 of New Zealand's finest Jersey bulls, Manhatten and Majik. Jersey cattle known for their fat milk is expected to perform very well in Pakistan's hot climate, as they are a bit smaller and have a brownish skin color. Due to their smaller size Jersey calves are generally born easily, and are therefore an excellent choice for insemination of maiden heifers. Furthermore both Manhatten and Majik have excellent scores on Feet & Legs.

For more information on these bulls please see our Products & Services section on this website

  
   
    August 2007 - Dutch Breeding expert visits Pakistan  
  In August the Dutch breeding expert from HG (Holland Genetics, CRV), Henk Geertsema visited Pakistan. During this week he visited livestock farmers in different districts of the Punjab as well several governmental research institutes. Together with ProFarm™ Pakistan he conducted a series of workshops to develop a breeding goal for Pakistani cattle. Furthermore the start was made for breeding programs in Pakistan as well as the development of a breeding value for heat resistance in Dutch Holstein Friesian bulls. In the future this means ProFarm™ semen will produce offspring that will even better meet the demand of Pakistani livestock farmers.

 
   
    August 2007 - ProFarm™ launches campaign "5 Steps to successful Dairy Farming"  
 

In Augustus 2007 ProFarm™ launched a campaign called "The 5 steps to successful dairy farming" . Via easy to comprehend cartoons ProFarm™  gives dairy farmers 5 simple improvements in farm management that will increase milk yield directly. (see extension service for more details)

  
   
    30th of July 2007 - The Third AI Center In Burewala inaugurated by Mr.Ch.Usman Ahmed Warraich  
 

ProFarm™ AI Center in Burewala was inaugurated on 30th of July 2007 by Tehsil Nazim Burewala,Mr. Chaudhry Usman Ahmed Warraich. ProFarm™ Burewala will provide Artificial Insemination services to the cattle and buffalos of Districts Vehari, Sahiwal and Khanewal. This office will cover areas of Vehari, Burewala, Chichawatni, Arif Wala, Ludden, Ghazi Abad and Mian Channu.

 
   
    9th of June 2007 - The Second AI Center inaugurated by Ch. Aamir Sultan Cheema!  
 

In the sizzling heat of 50 degrees, the second AI Center was inaugurated by the Minister of Irrigation Punjab, Mr. Aamir Sultan Cheema in Sahiwal, Sargodha on the 9th of June. Despite the extreme heat the ceremony was well attended by many progressive breeders from the area and honorary guests like Mr. Japie Conradie (Nestle Agri Services), Mr. Peter Wuetrich (Nestle Pakistan) and our Chairman Mr. Joachim Westerveld.

Our Area Manager for Sarghoda, Dr. Imran (DVM), and his team of AI technicians are ready to make a success out of yet another ProFarm™ AI center.

  
   
    17th of May 2007 - BOUNCER, CHALLENGER and CHAMPION arrive!  
  The long expected shipment of semen from 3 excellent Dutch bulls have arrived. Next to the already available New Zealand bulls, ProFarm™ is proud to offer semen from these top Sires:

 > BOUNCER - Beverlake Louson
 > CHALLENGER - Delta Masada
 > CHAMPION - Manders Marius

For more information on these bulls please see our Products & Services section on this website

  
   
 

  26th of March 2007 - The 1st ProFarm™ AI centre is officially inaugurated by Mr. Syed Babar Ali

  
        

On March 26th an official ceremony took place to open the 1st regional AI Centre of ProFarm™ Pakistan. A big crowd gathered in Depalpur, Okara to listen to the words of the guest of honor, Mr Babar Ali, and the Chief Executive of the company, Mr. Joachim Westerveld.
Apart from many interested farmers, progressive cattle breeders and press, the ceremony was attended by the managing director of Nestle Pakistan and the manager of Nestle Agriservices, Johan Spies.

        
 

 
 

  March 2007 - Construction of the Regional AI centre in Depalpur is finished

  
 

The first regional AI centre of ProFarm™ Pakistan has been constructed. The same day a team of 30 AI technicians received their equipment and first supplies of semen straws.

Our competent Area manager Rana Shaukat (DVM) addressed his team of AI Technicians to give them instructions and advice. After an extensive training the AI Technicians are now ready to serve the farmers!

  
 

 
    2005 - CRV and The Blue Link agree on establishing a joint venture for Pakistan  
 

CRV Holding B.V. and Blue Link B.V. have come to an agreement to establish a joint venture to enter Pakistan. Together with local partners in Pakistan, the new company aims to sell bovine semen in one of Pakistan’s provinces: the Punjab. The Dutch ministry of economic affairs supports the project with a substantial subsidy in the first three years.

Mutual expertise has brought CRV Holding and The Blue Link together. Managing Director Joachim Westerveld of Blue Link says: ‘The Blue Link believes in doing business by establishing long-term relationships with farmers. CRV has a lot of experience in that field and it characterizes their market approach’. Ate Lindeboom, managing director of CRV-division HG: ‘International steps like these have to be based on excellent knowledge about the market. The Blue Link has a great deal of expertise in this field’.

Goal
The joint venture will supply the Punjab dairy farmers with proven high quality Holstein Friesian semen and Jersey semen from CRV Holding by setting up a large marketing, sales and service network, initially within the infrastructure of Nestlé Pakistan and local partners in the Punjab province. The company will reach at least 132.000 farmers in the Nestlé network

Potential
CRV and The Blue Link see a huge potential in the Pakistan dairy sector. Pakistan’s dairy sector is experiencing a fast growth as a result of a structural increase of domestic demand for processed milk and dairy based products.

 

 

  


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