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The DairyManagementAcademyBuilding a stronger industry throughleadership excellence
What is the DairyManagement Academy?The Dairy Management Academy is a jointinitiative between the leading dairyconsultancy business, Promar International,its parent company, the global breedingbusiness Genus ABS and the largest UKspecialist farm recruitment agency LKLServices. In addition, we work closely withmany of the best dairy herds in the country.
Dairy herds are getting larger, farmingsystems are getting more complex, marketpressures are increasing, the demands ofassurance and welfare schemes morerigorous and the size of farm work forces ison the up. Together, these changesrepresent a quantum shift in the skill setrequired to deliver high performance levels.
The Dairy Management Academy willdevelop your skills following a definedstructure to equip you for a career in thisexciting industry. You will be challengedto build your technical and business skillsis a practical way and learn how to getthe most from the specialist teams nowrequired to deliver profitable milkproduction.
The Academy is all about learning appliedtheory and using this in practical trainingsituations geared at delivering profitabledairy farming. You will be ‘getting yourhands dirty’ as opposed to just beingburied in books. Good training builds thecore skills and the ability to apply them inpractical business situations. And this iswhat the Academy will deliver - helpingyou do the right things in the right wayand at the right time.
The Dairy Management Academy is theonly industry training programmeaimed at high level training for dairymanagers of the future.
Dairy farming is moving at a phenomenal rate and offers tremendous opportunitiesfor committed and highly skilled individuals to build a successful career.
The Dairy Management Academy is a unique initiative designed to help develop thedairy managers for the future through a combination of formal training andpractical experience.
If you want to be involved at the forefront of dairy farm management in the UK,then you need to join the Dairy Management Academy.
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How does it work?• The Dairy Management Academy is a
two year programme of training andmentoring combined with buildingpractical experience.
• Each student is allocated a mentorwho will work with them throughouttheir time on the Academy and helpsensure they become a valued memberof the farm management team.
• Students attend a series of eight two-day training modules covering the keytechnical and business areas of dairymanagement, combining classroomsessions, workshops and practicalsessions on farm.
• As well as the structured content ofthe modules, these courses provide agreat opportunity to share experienceswith the others students and thementors.
• Progress is regularly assessed to makesure you are getting the most possiblefrom your involvement in the Academy.
• The programme also includes anoverseas study tour to broaden yourexperience of dairy farming.
What do the coursescover?•Module 1 - Nutrition, diet formulation
and forages, condition scoring, linking feed to margins.
•Module 2 - Staff management, Health & Safety, cow comfort,infrastructure and cow flow.
•Module 3 - Fertility and genetics.
•Module 4 - Mid course assessment.
•Overseas study tour.
•Module 5 - Grazing management and planning, silage making and forage budgeting.
•Module 6 - Farm financialmanagement - interpreting accounts,bank relationships, managing finances.Visit to a milk processing plant.
•Module 7 - Heifer rearing, lamenessand transition cow management.
•Module 8 - Business expansion and final assessment.
What happens at the endof the two years?At the end of the programme, you will beable to demonstrate a high level ofcompetency in the areas covered, alongwith a track record of putting the traininginto practice on a leading dairy business.
• You will have gained an industryrecognised award.
• You will attend a DMA GraduationCeremony.
• You will have benefitted from highlevel training over a sustained period.
• you will have experienced thefellowship that these sorts of coursescan provide.
• You will have developed aninternational perspective of dairyfarming.
• You will have built a well rounded setof excellent management and technical skills.
• You will be much better equipped tomanage your dairy livestock enterpriseand tackle the challenges andopportunities it faces.
Published by: Promar International, Alpha Building, London Road, Stapeley, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 7JW. Tel 01270 616800 • Fax 01270 616704 • www.promar-international.com
Farming • Food & Drink • Environment • Public sector • Trade associations and levy boards • Private agri business
Who should attend?The DMA is open to anyone, but ideally wewant candidates who are fairly settled on aparticular unit, and• Will be committed to develop a career
in the dairy farming sector.• Have around two years dairy livestock
experience.• Will probably have some formal training
in agriculture & livestock (preferable).• Will have a will and desire to learn more
and develop their skills base. • Can commit to a two year programme.
What DMA delegates say
“I had worked with various sizes ofherds but realised I needed toincrease my skills if I wanted toget involved with bigger, moreprogressive dairy farms. The DairyManagement Academy allows me tocombine practical experienceworking as part of a team with thetraining in the keyareas I will need in the future.”Nick Strong
“I use the skills and knowledge I gained on a regularbasis and the Academy has definitely moved my careerforward, giving me the tools and confidence to makeinformed business decisions.”Brendan Allott
Want to know more?To find out more about the Dairy Management Academy and when the next set of courses are to be run, please contact:
Emma Thompson
Mob: 07971 119030
Henry Hare
Mob: 07531 335294
Patrick Spencer
Mob: 07971 118736
“ I wanted to make my career indairy farming, rather than justhaving a job on a dairy farm. A jobpays the bills, a career should givefulfilment and pride. I saw anadvertisement for the DMA andrealised it would help me make thetransition from job to career.It has been hard work and a real
challenge but I could not acquirethe skills and experienceas effectively anywhereelse.”Faye Woolhead
