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<blockquote data-quote="Doc" data-source="post: 4712642" data-attributes="member: 71986"><p>I'm not a 'farm consultant' in this context but have worked with quite a few who reckon to be. </p><p> As ever, you get what you pay for. </p><p>As an example, I have worked quarterly with a Veterinary dairy specialist on three dairy units which appeared tight and well run. The tweaks and modifications suggested easily made £50k in year one to their units in both efficiency of costings, market timings of production as well as productivity increases by observation and analysis. </p><p>The first took him on about 5 years ago at my suggestion. They are still using him. Speaks for itself and he charges about £150/hr plus travel with most work being off Farm recording/data analysis. </p><p>Sometimes simple things - annual feed quality fluctuations, feed access, cow flow, track condition, cubicle hygiene and comfort, timing of service for autumn milk and heifer sales etc etc, can have real impact and it focuses management discipline to an objective and sets targets and timelines for implementation of change.</p><p>The best and smartest businesses always use others knowledge selectively to their advantage. In agribusiness its agronomists, Vets, Nutritionists ( I mean proper PhD types rather than feed salesmen), accountants, solicitors, even bank managers etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doc, post: 4712642, member: 71986"] I'm not a 'farm consultant' in this context but have worked with quite a few who reckon to be. As ever, you get what you pay for. As an example, I have worked quarterly with a Veterinary dairy specialist on three dairy units which appeared tight and well run. The tweaks and modifications suggested easily made £50k in year one to their units in both efficiency of costings, market timings of production as well as productivity increases by observation and analysis. The first took him on about 5 years ago at my suggestion. They are still using him. Speaks for itself and he charges about £150/hr plus travel with most work being off Farm recording/data analysis. Sometimes simple things - annual feed quality fluctuations, feed access, cow flow, track condition, cubicle hygiene and comfort, timing of service for autumn milk and heifer sales etc etc, can have real impact and it focuses management discipline to an objective and sets targets and timelines for implementation of change. The best and smartest businesses always use others knowledge selectively to their advantage. In agribusiness its agronomists, Vets, Nutritionists ( I mean proper PhD types rather than feed salesmen), accountants, solicitors, even bank managers etc. [/QUOTE]
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