30 July 2020
At Kingshay: Grass growth at the SWDDC, Beard Hill has continued at a reasonable rate of 60kg DM per hectare. The 2nd cut aftermaths have now been brought into the grazing round and are providing clean grazing. Cows are now being dried off ahead of ...
15 July 2020
Dairy margins increase almost 25% in 10 years, reveals Kingshay report Margins over purchased feed for conventional dairy herds have increased by 24.1% in the past 10 years, to £1,704/cow, according to the annual Kingshay Dairy Costings Focus Repor...
14 July 2020
Analysis of herds using Kingshay’s dairy costings service show a fall of 4% in average milk prices for May 2020 compared to May 2019 (26.44ppl compared to 27.56ppl last year). This has resulted in margins per cow decreasing by 5% to £149 per cow c...
30 June 2020
Kingshay Summer Newsletter Sustainability - What does it mean to you? SWDDC Update Dairy Manager Update “In my field” with Diana Allen Kingshay Team – new joiners Download your copy for free here.
30 March 2020
Kingshay Spring Newsletter - We have a new look for this season! Extraordinary Times SWDDC Update Dairy Manager Update EDF-UK Spring Meeting “In my field” with Sarah Lea Download your copy here
07 February 2020
Get Involved – Your Help is Needed…… Dairy Farming Survey; the people challenge The UK dairy industry faces a number of long-term challenges, with the availability and retention of labour ranking highly for many individual farm businesses. ...
23 December 2019
With all the Kingshay news and views, this month's newsletter includes: South West Dairy Development Centre Update “In my field” with Brian Leggat Dairy Manager Update EDF Autumn Meeting Kingshay Staff Updates Download yo...
27 September 2019
October newsletter The Large get Larger “In my Field” with Graeme Smith SWDDC Update Dairy Manager Update Download your copy here
15 July 2019
Large herds growing rapidly, reveals Kingshay report Large dairy herds are growing rapidly, both in terms of size and productivity, according to the annual Dairy Costings Report from Kingshay. Based on actual figures from almost 2,000 herds wit...
29 March 2019
April newsletter Are you ready for the new financial year? South West Dairy Development Centre – update Milk Predictions Program Dairy Manager – review of winter yields EDF-UK Meeting in Yorkshire Somerset Women in Dairy “In m...
02 October 2018
Kingshay and Agri-EPI have today, 2nd October 2018 launched its state-of-the-art South West Dairy Development Centre in Somerset, which aims to offer a fresh vision for sustainable UK milk production. The £1.36 million, 180-cow dairy unit p...
28 September 2018
With all the Kingshay news and views, this month's newsletter includes: What does the future hold? Fertility Focus South West Dairy Development Centre - Farmer Open Day, 3rd October 2018 Show Season Welcome to our two newest associate...