Dairy Management Academy

Building professional excellence for future herd managers

Now in its 11th year, the Dairy Management Academy is an industry-leading training programme for herd managers, aspiring herd managers and leaders of the future. It covers all areas of dairy farm management, providing the skills people need to thrive in modern dairy farming.

Course structure

Dairy Management Academy is designed to run alongside employment. The program will take you two years to complete and is comprised of eight intensive two-day modules, to teach you the latest in:

  • Cow comfort & environment
  • Forage production & utilisation
  • From calf to cow – birth through to the transition period
  • Nutrition and feeding
  • Fertility, genetics & herd performance
  • Financial management
  • Staff management

At the end, there is the Final overview module, where you will apply your learnings. You will recommend improvements for a case study farm and develop a short report that outlines your future objectives.

Learn as you work

We design the course to fit alongside your full-time dairy farm work. We provide you with on-going mentoring, to help you to create a profitable and sustainable dairy enterprise on your farm.

Teaching is a blend of classroom-based theory along with practical on-farm demonstrations and assessments.

Your training will be comprehensive. It will include all aspects of larger herd management, including the latest techniques on how to manage and develop staff.

Your course will be taught by key industry professionals. It is run by us in conjunction with our colleagues at LKL and Genus ABS.

Overseas study tour

We also provide an overseas study tour. In the recent past, this has been to dairy farms either in Germany, Italy, Poland, or Denmark.

The advantages of graduating

By graduating from the Dairy Management Academy you will have demonstrated your ability to work to high professional standards and excellent levels of initiative, to improve your herd’s performance.

Taking things further

To learn more about Dairy Management Academy, please see our 2023 booklet.

This year’s Dairy Management Academy begins on 28th March 2023. We award places on a first-come first-served basis, and spots are running out. To register your interest, please click the button below.

“Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to“.

Richard Branson

Why it pays to invest in your employees

No matter how highly capital-resourced your farm is, your most important asset is your employees. Without them, your farm cannot work optimally.

Our own data clearly shows that employees are twice as productive on our top-quartile farms as those at farms in the bottom 25%.

Ensure that you train your staff well and treat them correctly, so that they have the best knowledge and morale to help your business succeed.

The ability to attract good people and allow them to develop throughout their career is the key to unlocking the potential of investment in facilities and livestock.

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