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September Newsletter

17 September 2014

September Newsletter

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

28 August 2014

The Kingshay Trophy

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...

Livestock Event draw winner

28 August 2014

Livestock Event draw winner

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...

Welsh Grass Value Project Report

15 August 2014

Welsh Grass Value Project Report

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...

Latest from Kingshay

05 August 2014

Latest from Kingshay

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...

Dairy Costings Focus Report

26 June 2014

Dairy Costings Focus Report

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...

Latest Newsletter

26 June 2014

Latest Newsletter

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...

Heat Detection Survey

19 February 2014

Heat Detection Survey

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...

Dairy Costings Focus Report

19 February 2014

Dairy Costings Focus Report

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...

Starling Control Report

19 February 2014

Starling Control Report

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...

Prince Philip Award at Livestock Show

19 February 2014

Prince Philip Award at Livestock Show

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 ...

RASE article focuses on Kingshay

19 February 2014

RASE article focuses on Kingshay

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...