

Intensive Dairy operations
Agribiz provides veterinary, consulting, research, nutrition, animal welfare, hygiene and biosecurity services to leading animal agri-businesses and service providers worldwide.

Nutritional Services
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Nutritional inspections of dairy cattle including pastoral operations
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Least cost ration formulations to optimise profitability
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Nutrient supplementation strategies
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Feed commodity selection, handling, quality assurance and storage
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Optimising milk yields through nutrition supplements
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Pasture and silage production, storage & management
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Selection of feed mixing and handling equipment for intensive dairies
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Gross margin analysis
Veterinary Services
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Comprehensive health management consulting service
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Disease diagnostics and epidemiology
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Advice on veterinary medicines, vaccines and herd health programs
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Low antibiotic usage programs and strategies
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Advice on mastitis control programs
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Advice on Artificial insemination programs
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Biosecurity and hygiene inspections and programs
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Animal welfare inspection and programs based on market access
Purchasing, Approvals, Transport and Exporting
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Assistance in sourcing of cows according to international export standards
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Assistance with export approvals
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Advice on the supply of semen
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Advice on live export procedures and transport programs
Quality and Inspection Services
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Quality and Inspection Services
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HACCP, GMP, quality manuals, hygiene, biosecurity plans and audits
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Standard work instructions, staff training and internal controls
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Dairy hygiene standards and inspections
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Quality assurance programs for export approval
General and Operations Management
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Advice on sales and marketing strategies
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Advice on financial reporting to manage beef supply chains
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Benchmark KPI’s of leading dairy companies
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Analysis of product mix, margins and optimisation of profit
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Value adding, packaging and marketing of products
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Operational planning
Marketing and Supply Chain Management
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Supply chain audits and support services
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Complete supply chain supporting services, including marketing and management advice and supply chain audits, e.g. product mix, margin analysis and optimisation of profit
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Value adding of products, packaging and marketing
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Recall and traceability systems


Greenfield Developments / Business Expansion / Project Management
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Greenfield Developments / Business Expansion / Project Management
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Project management of large integrations from concept / prefeasibility / feasibility / scoping / financial control systems / market access / site selection / approvals / tenders / construction / commissioning of complete dairy product supply chains
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Dairy product processing plants
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Economic analysis, financial modelling and business plans
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The design of dairies including specifications for dimensions, equipment, feed and water storage, services, alarms, controllers, cooling and ventilation systems
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Preparation of building and development applications
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Project management of construction
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Advice on dairy herd information systems
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Site based management environment plans
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Best practice management of odour, effluent and solid waste materials
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Advice on sustainability, energy management and biogas systems
Production Manager / Dairy Farmer Training
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Monitoring of dairy cow comfort levels
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Reading and using psychometric charts
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Temperature and humidity Index
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Feed storage strategies for dairies
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The management of ventilated dairy sheds
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The early detection of disease and treating sick animals
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Optimising the environment controllers for cow comfort
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Management of moisture and manure in dairies
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Heat transfer, ventilation and dairy sheds
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Understanding how to read local weather data
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Developing effective biosecurity programs
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Developing effective animal welfare programs
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Effective newborn calf and weaning practices
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Developing effective hygiene programs
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Optimising milk yields
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How to understand and calculate dairy industry KPI’s

Farming Management
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Advice of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of all stages of dairy production
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Advice on developing leading methods for farming dairy cows
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Advice regarding dairy facilities and equipment
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Assessment of the capability of personnel, farm management and staff
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Advice regarding optimising cow comfort and seasonal strategies
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Advice on improving feed efficiency and milk productivity
