Ayrshire: Data drives dairy decisions

Join us at Ayrshire Food Hub as we discuss how using data on a farm can help make informed decisions to help with the profitability and sustainability of a dairy business.

At this meeting we will discuss how data is used to make more informed management decisions on the farm.

Dinner will be available on arrival at 6.30pm. 

This meeting will cover:

• What data can be incorporated into the decision-making process to reach business goals, looking at the types and quality of data available on farm
• What are the main sources of data used to make management decisions on farm by the farmer and the wider teams
• The cost of heifer replacements
• What data is available from robots and how this can be used to make business decisions
• What data has driven new farm practices and made cost savings on farm

Meeting details:

Laura Grieve, senior consultant from Owen Farm Services, will lead on the discussion on what data can be extracted and how this can aid farm decision making. We will also be joined by Jim Currie from LELY (UK) to discuss the data that can be extracted from robotic milking systems.

About Low Ballees Farm:

Low Ballees is located near West Kilbride, Ayrshire in South West Scotland, where the Campbell family have been farming for 95 years.

The farm is home to 130 all-year-round Holstein Friesians, milked on a robotics system. This is supported by zero grazing cutting of forage, production of silage, wholecrop cereals and barley.

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