Dairy
Dairy: Questions Answered
Straight answers to the questions people actually ask.
Including the awkward ones. If something is a genuine limitation of the module we would rather say so here than let it be discovered later.
Questions answered
What people ask about Dairy
Does this replace the software I already use?
Not necessarily. Agrivencia integrates with authoritative sources and mainstream packages rather than insisting on replacing them. Where an incumbent does one job well, the platform connects to it; where the job spans several systems and nobody does it, the platform does it.
Will it work where I have no signal?
Yes. Field capture in Dairy is offline first, storing locally and synchronising when a connection returns. Only around a fifth of UK farms report reliable signal across the whole holding, so this is a design assumption rather than a feature.
What happens when the scheme rules change?
Scheme rules are held as data rather than code, so a rate change, a cap change or a window closure is a content update that takes effect the same day. The platform also alerts you to what the change does to your own position.
Who owns the data I put in?
You do. The Farm Data Charter gives you a complete export in open formats at any time, and every instance of data sharing requires an explicit, revocable consent that is visible in your account.
Does it work if I farm across a border?
Yes, and that is one of the main reasons the platform exists. A business with land in more than one nation sees one reconciled view rather than two portals, with obligations and deadlines from both administrations in a single calendar.
Can my agronomist or land agent use it too?
Yes. You grant scoped, time-limited access per holding and per module, and you can revoke it in one click. Advisers never get a shared password or a blanket view.
What is the biggest limitation of this module?
Contract term complexity. Mitigated by structured contract modelling. We would rather state that plainly than let you discover it after signing.
Everything included
The full capability list, grouped
Record and plan3
- Individual cow record with lactation, yield, health, breeding and lineage
- Milk recording integration with yield, butterfat, protein and somatic cell count
- Bulk tank quality tracking against contract thresholds and penalty bands
Operate and monitor3
- Milk contract manager with price schedule, A and B pricing, and volume commitment
- Margin over purchased feed calculation per cow and per litre
- Mastitis and somatic cell count control programme with cure and dry-off protocols
Comply and evidence3
- Fertility management including calving interval, submission rate and conception rate
- Calving and youngstock rearing with growth targets to first service
- Dry cow and transition management protocols
Analyse and improve3
- Lameness scoring and mobility programme
- Parlour and robot performance monitoring
- Milk from forage calculation linked directly to the grassland module
Detail
The short version
Dairy is the most data-rich enterprise on most farms and the most fragmented, with milk recording, parlour software, herd health and the milk contract typically in four unconnected systems. This module joins them: every cow's lactation, health and breeding history alongside the milk contract terms that actually determine what the milk is worth.
Milk output value rose sharply in recent official statistics, up 12 per cent in a single year, making dairy one of the few enterprises where Farm Business Income has been forecast to hold or improve. Fair Dealing Obligations now apply to all milk purchase contracts, which changes the negotiating position and makes contract term tracking a commercial necessity rather than an administrative chore.
Everything Dairy records is written into the same platform data spine as every other module, which is why a single entry can satisfy an operational need, a scheme evidence requirement, an assurance clause and a carbon activity line at once. That is the whole design premise: the work is already being done, and it is the recording of it that is duplicated.
How we handle evidence
Where these figures come from
Agrivencia grades every figure it publishes. Primary legislation, official statistics and audit reports are treated as authoritative. Levy body and professional body data is treated as reliable. Commercial trackers and trade press are treated as indicative and labelled as such. Where sources conflict, the conflict is shown rather than resolved silently.
- Authoritative Legislation, statutory instruments, official scheme rules, national audit and public accounts reporting, departmental annual reports and accredited official statistics.
- Reliable Parliamentary committee evidence, peer-reviewed research, independent economic institutes and levy body analysis.
- Supporting Professional bodies, land agents, certification schemes and industry associations.
- Indicative Commercial market trackers and trade press, used for corroboration only and always labelled.
Payment rates, caps and windows in UK farm support change frequently and sometimes without notice. Nothing on this platform is a substitute for the current published scheme rules or for professional advice.
Free download
Margin Over Feed, Weekly: The Dairy Record That Drives Decisions
A practical handbook, written for UK farm businesses, with the sources cited and the working shown. No sales call attached — the guide is the point.
See Dairy running on your own holding
Thirty minutes, using your parcels, your schemes and your enterprises rather than a sample farm. No obligation and no sales script — if it does not fit your business we will say so.
- Free tier available
- No card required
- Your data stays yours