Services

Non-domestic renewable energy installations:

• solar – hot water and photovoltaics (PV)
• hydroelectric,
• wind turbine
• anaerobic digestion
• heat pumps
• biomass

Financial implications:

• capital expenditure
• budget & cash flow
• gross margin calculations
• forecast profit & loss and balance sheet

Planning implications:

• local authorities
• Distribution Network Operators (DNOs)
• Natural Resources Wales

• Animal welfare
• Disease profiling
• Review of routine veterinary treatments
• Benchmarking and identifying areas for improvement
• advice on improving the health status of all farmed livestock
• Biosecurity measures to reduce the risk of introducing or spreading disease

• Dairy
• Beef
• Sheep
• Pigs
• Poultry

This includes housing, nutrition, diversification, budgeting, forecasting and feasibility assessment.

• Business plans & Budgets
• Cashflow forecasts
• Business Financial Reviews
• Financial Restructures
• Benchmarking
• Business Planning for New Entrants
• Joint Ventures
• Succession Planning

• Cropping systems and rotation
• Soil fertility
• Yield optimisation
• Conservation management policies
• Forage utilisation
• Best practice to reduce GHG emissions and pesticide use
• Alternative harvest methods
• Soil and nutrient management
• Manure management
• Compliance:
  • advice on meeting Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
• Environmental management:
  • identifying & minimising risks and improving resources

• Rural Enterprise Dwellings
• SuDs – Sustainable Drainage Systems
• Design of Farm Buildings
• Design of Slurry Stores and Silage Pits

• Single Payment Scheme
• Entitlements
• Greening, GAEC & SMRs
• On-line SPS & BPS
• Record-keeping

• woodland planning and establishment & management specifications to meet UKFS requirements with associated costs/ budgets, implications for the wider farm business
  • Woodland planning including costs and budget implications
  • Grant funding applications
  • Woodland carbon code schemes
  • Business development Options/reviews

• Business support – to farming businesses either as an additional enterprise or through diversification into processing/ contracting/ growing/ marketing.
• Advice on opportunities for and specify processing and added value activities.
• All aspects of financial planning

• Specialist Veterinary Advice & Mentoring
• To consider a specific disease problem identified by farmer/veterinary surgeon
• To provide advice addressing the sub-optimal performance of a livestock enterprise arising from animal health or welfare issues
• Provide Advice for Disease Prevention, Disease Eradication and Welfare and Responsible Ownership

• Advice on the changes in land/cropping/livestock management that would be required to meet the requirements of organic certification
• Land, cropping & livestock management
• Organic certification
• Organic conversion strategy
• Financial Planning for organic conversion

• Identification of the presence and status of habitats, biodiversity and features of environmental value with recommendation for protection and management.
• Identification of the presence/status of habitats, biodiversity and features of environmental value with recommendation for protect and management.
• Grant funding for individual or collaborative land management scheme options
• Financial implication of the management scheme options
• Look at the potential benefits to livestock, biodiversity and the farm business as a result of any land management changes to be made.

• Analysis of the farm approach to use of water and energy
• Feasibility of saving resource and reducing costs by reducing use, reusing and recycling.

• Advice on the diversification opportunity.
• Financial planning including detailed financial forecasts and capital investment.
• Relevant regulation and Legislation -.
• Marketing plan.
• All aspects of establishing a tourism enterprise
• Adding value to products produced on the farm

• Evaluation of the natural resources available
• Guidance and advice on optimising further opportunities
• Prioritization of the most effective and affordable options
• Implementation of changes or improvements

Carbon audit of the farm:

• Measurement of a farms net carbon footprint
• Bespoke advice on how to reduce the carbon footprint
• A mitigation action plan

Advice on how to reduce off farm/supply chain/consumption emissions

Agri tech advice to help farm businesses achieve productivity and efficiencies on the following

• Productivity
• Market responsiveness and traceability
• Animal health and welfare
• Pests, weeds, disease
• Safety and security
• Reduce labour dependency
• Legislative changes

• Review all health and safety practices in-line with H&S Policy in Wales
• Identification of main dangers
• Risk assessments
• Recommendations for improvement
• Action Plans