02 October 2017
At Kingshay… Devon farms played host to EDF-UK earlier this week. The theme for the two days being “Block calving for success” showcased three progressive dairy farms, each focussed on maintaining an efficient block calved herd. In addition t...
14 September 2017
Analysis of herds using Kingshay dairy costings service are continuing to show an increase in average milk prices for July 2017. These were up by 31% compared to July 2016 (27.39ppl compared to 20.98ppl last year). Also monthly margins were higher, w...
07 August 2017
Our grass seed is tested on-farm under practical conditions by real dairy cows Kingshay trials evaluate the ‘performance’, ‘persistency’ and ‘palatability’ of grass varieties within individual plots, under practical farm conditions. ...
27 July 2017
Milk price range narrows, while feed efficiency gaps remain wide The rolling average milk price to March 2017 may have decreased by 0.6ppl to 23.8ppl in this year’s Kingshay Dairy Costings Focus Report, but lower paid farmers have seen welcome p...
27 July 2017
Our latest edition of the Newsletter covers: Navigating Uncertain Times Dairy Manager Update State of the Art Dairy Dairy Costings Focus Report Choosing grass seed Download the newsletter here.
27 July 2017
At Kingshay... Last week Kathryn Rowland was busy with 2 farmer discussion groups discussing their actual Costs of Production data and key performance trends. If you are in a discussion group and would like to know more details about what Kingshay c...
18 May 2017
Budgeting is an increasingly important part of running a farm business, and now farmers can benefit from new financial planning software developed specifically for flexibility and ease of use. AgriBudget, developed by Kingshay and the Farm Consult...
04 April 2017
April Newsletter This quarter’s newsletter contains the latest updates from Kingshay and includes articles on Agribudget and our satellite project, as well as a Q&A with Kingshay’s associate consultant, Paul Robinson. See the Newsletter HER...
01 July 2016
Gaps in milk prices and feed efficiency in evidence The impact of oversupply of milk on the World market is seen in this year’s Kingshay Dairy Costings Focus Report with the rolling average milk price for Holstein/Friesian milk reducing by 5.7ppl ...
01 April 2016
Our latest newsletter focusses on: Building resilience Dairy Manager update The TSB HowsMyCow project Our latest competition winner Trial updates To view the Newsletter click HERE
07 March 2016
Thursday 17th March Westpoint Centre, Exeter Find out more about the latest advances in livestock technology; Hear first hand about the impact these innovations have had on dairy businesses; Look at novel ways of collecting and using data to ...