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Record number of entries for dairy championships|
Farmer's Weekly
|March 14, 2025
Judging for Africa's largest and oldest dairy competition, the South African Dairy Championships, recently took place in Durbanville in the Western Cape.
The competition received a record 1029 entries in 2024, compared with 923 in 2023, and broke another record when it received 1 110 entries this year. The number of dairy producers who participated remained the same at 77.
Breyton Milford, general manager of Agri-Expo, which has hosted the championship since 1834, told Farmer's Weekly that he was delighted by the high number of entries and the number of participants.
यह कहानी Farmer's Weekly के March 14, 2025 संस्करण से ली गई है।
हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 9,500 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।
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