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<blockquote data-quote="Oldwalls" data-source="post: 4711512" data-attributes="member: 46908"><p>As with every profession, there are good ones and not so good ones. I have been on both sides of the fence having started farming at 26, and milked cows for nearly 20 years. I employed a consultant for most of that time and found it beneficial most of the time.</p><p>Following the sale of our herd, I worked for Promar for 4 years, and witnessed at first hand the full range of consultants from the brilliant to the very poor, likewise the standard of farmers were very similar. </p><p>If you are dealing with a brilliant technical farmer, you tend not to do much on cow performance, but more on financials, either bench marking, but more probably using their profits to develop the business further.</p><p>If you are dealing with a poor technical farmer, there is huge scope to work with, because the difference in their costs can be over 10ppl!! The problem with some of these guys is that they don't believe they are poor, and wont change anything, therefore remain inefficient, and then blame the consultant!</p><p>We did offer a money back guarantee if we didn't improve their performance by more than their annual fee, and this could be around £300 per month for a monthly half day visit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldwalls, post: 4711512, member: 46908"] As with every profession, there are good ones and not so good ones. I have been on both sides of the fence having started farming at 26, and milked cows for nearly 20 years. I employed a consultant for most of that time and found it beneficial most of the time. Following the sale of our herd, I worked for Promar for 4 years, and witnessed at first hand the full range of consultants from the brilliant to the very poor, likewise the standard of farmers were very similar. If you are dealing with a brilliant technical farmer, you tend not to do much on cow performance, but more on financials, either bench marking, but more probably using their profits to develop the business further. If you are dealing with a poor technical farmer, there is huge scope to work with, because the difference in their costs can be over 10ppl!! The problem with some of these guys is that they don't believe they are poor, and wont change anything, therefore remain inefficient, and then blame the consultant! We did offer a money back guarantee if we didn't improve their performance by more than their annual fee, and this could be around £300 per month for a monthly half day visit. [/QUOTE]
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