Our Services
Below we have listed a summary of the key services we are able to provide to dairy cow and goat herds, as well as beef and arable farms throughout Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Berkshire and Devon.
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The primary aim of our consultancy work is to improve the profitability of your business. We achieve this through a combination of the following:
Technical & Tactical
Ruminant Nutrition
Forage Management
Compound Feed and Blend Sourcing for Groups or Individual Businesses - currently in excess of 30,000 tonnes per year.
Herd Fertility Advice
Technical Analysis of NMR & CIS Herd Records using Interherd, Interherd+, Herd Companion and CIS Online
General Management Issues
Yield & Herd Strategy
Enterprise Costing
Organic Farming
Milk Hygiene
Mastitis Prevention
Research & Development
Youngstock Management
Business & Strategy
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Full farm business reviews
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Whole Farm & Estate Management
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Business Planning & Investment Appraisal
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Analysis of Business Strengths & Weaknesses
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Whole Farm / System Costings
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Benchmarking
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Cashflow Projections & Monitoring
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Grant advice and applications
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Basic Payment Scheme
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Countryside Stewardship & ELMS
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Book keeping, VAT Returns, Payroll –
(Please see www.farmsecretary.co.uk for details of our Farm Secretarial Services.)
Sourcing of Inputs
Being completely independent allows us to source from across the market which means we consistently achieve the very best value for money for the farms we work with. We currently source in excess of 30,000 tonnes of compound feed and blends per year.
Industry Links
Veterinary & Animal Health
Agronomy
Land Agents
Planning Permission
Health & Safety
Tenancy Applications - Contract Farming & Joint Ventures
