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Maximising Returns from the Increasing Milk Price Farming Note

Maximising Returns from the Increasing Milk Price Farming Note

With milk prices finally increasing and quota less of a restriction, now could be the time to look at ways to increase litres soil and maximise returns. Balanced against ...

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Maximising Value and Minimising Waste - Lean Management

Maximising Value and Minimising Waste - Lean Management

What do management guru, Peter Drucker and Kingshay have in common? The answer is, “If you can't measure it, you can't manage it.” - coined by the renowned expert and...

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Motivating and Rewarding Staff

Motivating and Rewarding Staff

Labour is often one of the biggest sources of complaint on dairy farms. However, having a motivated team that works hard to achieve high levels of business performance ul...

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Planning Your Business Strategy Workbook

Planning Your Business Strategy Workbook

Having a well-defined vision and focus can provide a roadmap for business success, enhance decision-making, and foster resilience in the face of challenges. Involving the...

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Promoting Milk

Promoting Milk

Promoting milk to the public is something that both industry organisations and individual farmers can – and many say, should – be doing. This insight publication look...

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Reflections & New perspectives

Reflections & New perspectives

Begin the Year How you Want to Continue! - We all have good intentions to change what we do but setting a new pattern of behaviour can be a challenge. Once established, h...

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Staff Appraisals Farming Note

Staff Appraisals Farming Note

Retaining and developing staff is a significant challenge on dairy farms, and with an increasing shortage of labour across all levels it’s more important than ever to g...

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Successful Interviewing Technique

Successful Interviewing Technique

Employing the wrong person can be costly to a business, not only financially but to the team as a whole. Therefore, the interviewing process is incredibly important, but ...

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Successful Succession Farming Note

Successful Succession Farming Note

Successful succession is all about people - you and the people you want to take on your business. It is a lot less about tax. Sure, you want to ensure the business is pas...

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Succession Planning without a Successor

Succession Planning without a Successor

Navigating succession can be difficult and even more so if you do not have anyone to take over the business. When it comes to farmers without an immediate successor, few ...

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Thermoduric Bacteria

Thermoduric Bacteria

A growing number of milk processors are testing milk for thermoduric bacteria and penalising for counts above >500 cfu/ml. With high counts associated with milk quality a...

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