Dairy
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…
Read More >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…
Read More >Stock Talk – Dairy Market Outlook & Looking to the Future
In this podcast we hear from Lorna MacPherson, SAC Dairy Consultant, and Jimmy Goldie, Technical Manager at Carrs Billington. They speak about the dairy market outlook for the winter season…
Read More >MMN November 2023 – The Low-Down on Winter Dysentery
Every year we hear reports of winter dysentery outbreaks in dairy herds. The clinical signs of the disease can be dramatic, with a significant reduction in milk production in conjunction…
Read More >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…
Read More >MMN November 2023 – Investigating the Causes of Poor Milk Production
It can often be the case that cows are not milking according to expectation. While reviewing the current ration is a good starting point along with up-to-date forage analysis, there…
Read More >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%)…
Read More >MMN November 2023 – Optimal Lighting for Dairy Cows
With margins being tight, it is important to consider marginal gains and what can be done to improve your existing system. There is widespread consensus around the beneficial effects of…
Read More >MMN November 2023 – Milk Market Update
UK Wholesale Dairy Commodity Market Fonterra’s latest on-line GDT auction (7th of November) resulted in a 0.7% decrease in the weighted average price across all products, reaching US $3,255/t. Given…
Read More >Outwintering Heifers on Brassicas, Is Iodine Deficiency an Issue?
Rearing dairy heifers is one of the largest expenses of milk production so outwintering heifers can reduce costs due to less time spent housed, saving in feed and bedding. During…
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