Kingshay have designed a new website for Dairy Manager Costings with improved usability which enables you to save data on every page. If you are still sending your data into the Kingshay office, why not have a go at entering your figures online next...

We have created a short survey about maize crops this year to find out which varieties were being grown, what yields were like, and how drilling date and region affected harvest date. We’d greatly appreciate it if as many members as possible could ...

At Kingshay . . . Maize harvesting of this year’s variety trial is well underway.  The Ilminster site was harvested on the 29th September with yields ranging from 15-23t freshweight per acre.  Full details of dry matter yields and crop quality w...

Our latest newsletter features articles on: Fertility focus: Are your costs mounting up? Dairy Manager update 2014’s forage boom First Milk farmers visit to IBERS Musings of a Kingshay consultant New associate profile View the ...

The Kingshay Trophy is awarded each year by the Royal Agricultural University to the student with the best dairy related dissertation. This year's winner was Emily Mitchem for her feed trial study into the effect that Nutritionally Improved Straw had...

Our Livestock Event draw winner, Matthew Rowe, Great Tredinnick, Liskeard receives a hamper of Somerset produce from Kingshay MD Duncan Forbes  Matthew and his family run a herd of 400 year round calving Holsteins. The herd which is grazed in the s...

Kingshay have worked with the Dairy Development Centre at Gelli Aur to analyse the data and write a report on their three year project, evaluating the value of grass in Wales. The project, which received European and Welsh government funding, focu...

Tom and John have been carrying out several consultancy visits following discussions at the Livestock Event.  If you are interested in independent consultancy on a regular basis or to discuss a specific pressure point in your system, call the office...

Higher milk prices have boosted margins in the latest results reported by Kingshay in its new Dairy Costings Focus but the gap has widened between the best and worst herds in efficiency of milk production. The figures show many farms are missing o...

Our latest newsletter includes articles on: The future’s bright, the future’s precise Dairy Manager update Kingshay’s salt trial for grazing Grass Value Project report 2011-2013 The race is on Robo-Milking: future fact or fant...