17 September 2014
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 ...
28 August 2014
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...
28 August 2014
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...
15 August 2014
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...
05 August 2014
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...
26 June 2014
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...
26 June 2014
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...
19 February 2014
Kingshay’s latest ‘Tried & Tested’ - Heat Detection Survey The Heat Detection Survey will evaluate heat detection methods and systems. The survey covers visual aids and electronic fertility management systems, the aim being to get as man...
19 February 2014
Dairy Costings Focus Report reveals differences in feed and health costs. Kingshay Dairy Manager costings show it’s not so much the dairy system chosen or where in the UK a farm is based, but how well the herd is managed when it comes to maximisin...
19 February 2014
Report Issued Many experts say that the UK starling population has fallen dramatically in the last 30 years. But if you are a dairy farmer in Somerset with tens of thousands of the birds on your farm every winter, you may think the experts are on an...
19 February 2014
Congratulations! Kingshay is recognised as informative and practical. Kingshay was awarded the RABDF Prince Philip Certificate of Merit for its exhibit focusing on cow comfort at the recent Livestock Show, with judges placing it as the second most ...
19 February 2014
Focusing on the importance of linking practice with science Kingshay Feature in RASE Journal This article in the RASE Journal focuses on the importance of farmer led research and how the industry can move forward competitively. The RAS...