Our Milk Cost of Production Survey 2019 compiled by FCG consultants from the Sherborne office and Old Mill Accountants, is now available. If you would like a copy, please click here or contact our Sherborne office on 01935 850093. For more information, please contact Phil Cooper at pcooper@fcgagric.com
Category Archives: Dairy & Forage
How Are Your Calves Performing?
Calf management is as important as managing your cows, they are the future herd therefore they need looking after. It costs on average £2,000 to rear a heifer to calve at two years therefore providing the best start is very important. Disease will not only hit growth rates but loss in performance throughout their lactations. […]
The Amazon is Alight! And You Guessed It, We Are Responsible!
“Every meat-eater on the planet is helping to fuel the Amazon forest fires – here’s how” Alex Lockwood (Friday 23rd August; The Independent) Sorry to bring the doom and gloom articles but I believe it is part of my job to see what the world, UK or customers/prospective customers are being fed by the media, […]
Meeting the Red Tractor Dairy Standards
Over the next couple of months, I will be looking at different areas of the dairy farm and requirements for meeting Red Tractor standards. Following a recent visit to a client who asked me to help them prepare for their first Dairy audit, we agreed an action plan to get the farm in shape. Milk […]