Agriculture
TARA uses science and economic expertise to optimise business potential. Our company offers a wide array of specialty services in animal agriculture. Such as:
- Provide nutritional technical assistance across species.
- Assist in production management. Bring technical expertise to the practical environment.
- Conduct performance analysis of business.
- Prepare and present seminars, workshops and lectures to train staff and clients.
- Evaluate potential assets for purchase.
- Conduct economic and decision risk analysis studies.
- Provide ongoing data management and statistical analysis of the operation.
Specific services offered in Agriculture include:
Nutritional Support
- Ration formulation.
- Formulation of premixes and products.
- Feed budgeting for future needs of Dairy, Feedlots and Pastoral supplementation. Allows decisions to be made on what is bought and/or planted.
- Pasture supplementation to meet specific weight or reproductive goals.
Economic Support
- Forage matrix.
- Economic sensitivities of commodities.
- Monthly ration costing as related to predicted performance for animal type. Sent first day of each month.
- Weekly P & L of enterprise.
Data Management and Statistical Analysis
- Software development.
- Statistical analysis of performance data.
i. By animal type.
ii. By source.
iii. Advanced statistical analysis is run on key performance indicators.
iv. Parameters can be added to meet a clients needs.
- Total feedlot, and/or pastoral data management, including
i. Feed entry or feed growth rates.
ii. Feed inventory.
iii. Animal entry and exit. Allows on going reports to give total performance.
- Health and sick reports with statistics.
- Bench marking against other feedlots.
Commodity Support
- Tracking and ordering commodities.
- Sourcing commodities that meet specific clients needs.
- Commodity vendor declaration tracking for audit needs.
- With each new ration or feeding regime a prediction of feed commodity use rate and performance cost is given.
General Support
- Staff training
- Research and Development
- Project management
Work can be done in all areas of ruminants including feedlot, stud breeders, pastoral, dairy, sheep and goats.