Our Services

Consulting packages consist of regular scheduled visits during rearing of wet calves, plus a pre-determined number of farm visits during the year to monitor heifer health and growth from weaning to first calving. The management package is individually tailored to each farm. It includes an initial consult, the development of farm-specific rearing and growing programmes and regular calf health monitoring and system review consults throughout the consulting period.

Auditing of facilities and management practices

Calf shed design

Provision of Standard Operating Procedures

Setting programmes for routine animal health treatments

Nutritional advice for pre and post weaned calves

Establishment of target weights and heights for age

Monitoring of heifers to ensure that mating weight is achieved at the optimum time

Monitoring / tracking bred heifers to calving

Tracking heifer/cow retention time in dairy in conjunction with management

Monitoring of calving pad included in scheduled visits

Training staff, including on-farm training of key personnel in critical areas

Group training; examples include delivery of training to groups of farmers, vets and school students.

On call problem solving service

NOTE

The services above are all available to sheep and goat dairies which hand raise lambs or kids as part of the dairy operation.

costings

Pricing packages will be negotiated with interested parties and will take into account time spent on dairy, number of cows, non-contact time, travel time, travel costs and accommodation. Laboratory fees are not included. If required, translator fees are not included in our pricing package. Components of the Consulting Package can be offered individually.