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Our publications provide up-to-date knowledge and practical solutions to everyday challenges to meet the needs of the modern dairy farmer.
Kingshay Dairy Insight Publications
Stay one step ahead with Kingshay’s trusted Insight publications. Practical, expert-led briefings designed for modern dairy farming businesses. Produced since 1991, our concise, easy-to-digest updates deliver the knowledge you need to improve performance, strengthen your business, and support your whole farm team.
Our Insight publications cover all key areas of dairy farming, bringing together technical, research and business information, into clear, actionable advice you can use on farm. Alongside this, our monthly checklist provides timely reminders of essential tasks and highlights important policy changes, helping you stay organised and in control throughout the year.
Written and regularly updated by our specialists, each publication delivers clear, relevant advice in a simple format – ideal for farmers, family members, staff, vets and consultants alike.
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Dairy Insight
Holding Effective Meetings
Holding regular team meetings to discuss and review business aims and objectives are a must for any modern dairy farm. Routinely involving the whole farm team in meetings helps morale and ensures every member of staff is clear on how the business is performing and where it's going. This helps improve clarity of objectives among […]
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Dairy Insight
Labour – Employed v Contract
Sourcing and maintaining high-quality staff is key to making a farming business run smoothly. However, there are several recruitment routes and trying to decide which works best for your farm can be a daunting task. There are also some major differences in legal responsibilities, depending on whether you employ or contract staff. This Farming Note […]
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Dairy Insight
Labour & machinery costs
Continued pressure on dairy incomes forces many businesses to look harder at their cost of production. Labour together with power and machinery costs, account for 36% of the total cost of producing a litre of milk (Kingshay Profit Manager). Armed with cost of production information, farm businesses are able to benchmark costs against similar enterprises, […]
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Dairy Insight
Staff Apraisals
Retaining and developing staff is a significant challenge on dairy farms, and with an increasing shortage of labour across all levels it's more important than ever to get it right. A key part of that is holding regular staff appraisals, to encourage open feedback, identify training requirements, and improve staff productivity and morale. This Staff […]
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