Business Resilience [DA.BR]
Slurry Lagoon Storage and Construction
Six Key Steps to a Compliant Build: 1) Create a Slurry and Manure Management Plan & RAMS map Completing a Slurry and Manure Management Plan (SMMP) is the first step…
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MMN January 2024 – Sourcing Finance
Whether you are looking for some funding to help tide you over a difficult financial period or you are looking to reinvest in the business, it is important to consider…
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Building Good Financial Habits With Cash Flow Forecasting
The statistics are clear; 80% of small businesses go under due to cash flow problems, not lack of profit. Building business resilience with good financial habits can make all the…
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Cattle Records – Passport Reconciliation
Winter offers the perfect opportunity, while cattle are housed, to check ear tags and carry out a passport reconciliation. All cattle on the farm should have the correct tags and…
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MMN November 2023 – The Power of Benchmarking
The importance of understanding the financial data within your business was one of the sessions at a recent dairy conference “Challenging the Norm: Future Dairy Systems”, held by SAC Consulting…
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MMN November 2023 – Reducing Energy Costs on Dairy Farms
Electricity typically represents 4% of a dairy farm’s variable costs (AHDB, 2021). The main areas of energy consumption are milk cooling (31%), water heating (23%) and the milking machine (20%)…
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Agribusiness News September 2023 – Milk
Negative sentiment in dairy markets continue….. Milk volumes are still in the seasonal decline, but production is still slightly ahead of last year. Most processors are holding their milk price…
Read More >Dealing with labour shortages on dairy farms
Farm labour represents a major cost in dairy enterprises and is increasingly becoming a key challenge facing dairy farmers. Research by Arla (2022) has suggested that half of UK dairy…
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