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Promar News

   
Electricity costs on farm Promar consultant Andy Taylor suggests time spent assessing electricity use could be time well spent
Free family tickets for Nantwich Show up for grabs Cheshire farmers can win family tickets (worth £35 each) for Nantwich Show simply by signing up for a resource audit or nutrient management plan through the Northwest Livestock Programme before 16 July 2010.
Act Now To Increase Silage Yields Farmers should act now to increase second and third cut silage yields, according to Promar International consultant Tim Harper.
Do you pay enough attention to water? “Milk is around 87% water, so it is well worth investing time to make sure your cows get all the water they need, and this means understanding a bit about cow behaviour,” Mr Gardner explains.
DO THE ORDINARY THINGS EXTRAORDINARILY WELL The UK dairy industry is probably facing more opportunities that it has for many years. The challenge is to make the most of those opportunities according to Promar International’s Managing Director Andrew Thompson.
Living with Volatile Milk Prices In December, British Dairying reported the views of Jean-Francois Verdenal, president of European Dairy Farmers on prospects for dairy farmers. Here, Derek Gardner, national dairy consultant with Promar International takes a closer look at the UK situation.
Improving Feed Efficiency Are you making the best use of purchased feeds? Promar International National Dairy Consultant Derek Gardner believes there is considerable scope for dairy farmers to improve feed efficiency as a way to reduce production costs.
DAIRY FARMERS MUST APPRECIATE WHERE PROFIT COMES FROM Successful dairy farmers better understand the appropriate strategy in relation to their milk contract and then focus on its delivery.
TIME TO REVIEW VET COSTS A new study shows there continues to be a huge variation in vet costs per cow and Promar National Dairy Consultant Derek Gardner suggests this is one area where farmers might be able to reduce production costs …….
PRICE VOLATILITY IS NOTHING NEW! Price volatility is nothing new. All traded commodities are subject to the laws of supply and demand.
Some pointers on Cell Count Controlling cell counts in organic herds presents different challenges but Worcestershire farmer Oliver Surman has managed to reduce bulk cell counts from over 300,000 cells/ml to around 135,000 cells/ml through a targeted approach.
HOW CAN LAST YEAR’S SILAGE ANALYSIS IMPROVE THIS YEAR’S SILAGE? Last year was far from a vintage silage making season with most dairy farmers having to work hard to produce rations this winter which allowed cows to milk to their potential. Yet as in every year, some farmers managed to make some good silage. And it is usually the same farmers. Hardly a coincidence!

Promar Publications

   
Promar Standard July 2010 Every little helps, Have you got enough trough space? Can you reduce your electricity bill? Focus on water, Exploiting fhe full value of slurry, Managing the bank, Making the most of grazing.
Promar Digest January 2010
Promar Standard February 2010 Articles include- Interest Rate, to fix or not, - Cost of rearing heifers, - Changing calving patterns, - Improved feed efficiency
Promar Standard August 2009 Articles on - Time to stay focussed, A Bankers's view, Focus on mik prices, Attendtion to detail drives yields, Focus on grazing paying dividends and Do you keep your cows or do they keep you?
Promar Digest April 2009 Finding solutions to complex challenges
Promar Standard February 2009 Articles on - What does the credit crunch mean to UK farming, Focus on Fertiliser, Accurate dta will help plot farmily farm's future, Promar Cost Tracker for Tesco explained, Radical shake-up on target to get results
Promar Standard July 2008 Articles on:- Can you save fuel? - Time to consider windmills? - Focus on feed costs, - Living with high fertiliser prices, - Promar Farm Secretaries take the strain.
Promar Standard February 2008 Articles on: -Cutting the fertiliser bill, -Focus on NVZ's, -Dont let mastistis eat away at margins, -Farm partnerships
Promar Standard August 2007 Articles : -Time to Increase Yields? -Developing Good Habits, -Focus on labour and performance, -Are Culls killing your business? -Focusing on simple sustem pays
Promar Standard April 2007 Articles on: -Shocking cows, -Sprucing up your parlour, -Focus on Machinery, -Boosting profits is not rocket science, -Time to consider cow leasing