Managing feed and feed efficiency in cattle is closely tied to animal performance and profitability. It's essential to match your system to your available resources and skill set. Quality forages form the foundation, setting the potential for your livestock, which can then be optimized with supplementary feed to achieve your target performance. The goal is to deliver this in the most efficient, cost-effective, and repeatable way. In today's world, efficiency is also measured by emissions and carbon footprint—factors that need to be understood, evaluated, and integrated into your system.

The service

• A practical review of livestock, land, housing, feed-out areas, feed storage, and equipment.

• Assessment of your business background and the records you're currently keeping.

• Setting goals, key performance indicators (KPIs), and reviewing useful benchmarks.

• Designing a system that includes forage assessment and diet formulation.

• Ensuring the system, diets, and recording methods are practical, achievable, and repeatable.

• Frequent monitoring on a day-to-day basis, monthly, and annually to fine-tune.

• Periodic review of goals, challenging the system, and making ongoing adjustments.

Why me

• I offer a timely, professional service that leaves no detail overlooked.

• With over 25 years of experience in advising businesses of all types and sizes.

• My expertise spans dairy, livestock, forage, and cereal sectors.

• I have farmed and have fed cows myself, from self-feed to easy feed to semi-complete diet.

• I understand what is practical and works! and what similar farms and businesses achieve.

• Formerly supplying feeds and now AIC “Feed Advisor Registered,”

• I am proficient in ration software or can produce simple practical recommendations.

• My independent perspective helps analyse both practical and financial performance.

How you Benefit

• A clearer understanding of livestock nutrition, helping you make more confident decisions.

• I save you time by streamlining the process.

• Access to software that reduces preparation time and frees up time for in-depth discussions.

• An approach to set, monitor, and fine-tune feeding, boost performance and reduce costs.

• Using climate change, carbon, and emissions targets in your system for greater efficiency.

• Optimization of your resources to increase profitability.