Experience and Ethos – Lakvades OU -Supporting Agro businesses since 2004

Mechanisation details of silage production are widely overlooked by milk and beef units, it’s alien to main mangers. Site visits and training to properly utilise machines and logistics result in Faster Harvesting, lower Operating Costs, (20% off forage harvester’s diesel), Improved Feed Quality and Less Concentrated Feeds in the ration.

Low operational efficiency and high costs are often blamed on a shortage of skilled staff. In fact the proper exploitation of simple tracking systems by non agricultural staff radically improves the efficiency of harvesters and transport. We are experienced in training local staff to provide directors with usable information on which to act. We have seen machinery needs cut by 10-30% and “unmanageable” quantities of grain moved by existing teams so the combines never stopped. That’s 20% off CAPEX, depreciation, labour …. Would that help Your business ? For details call +7915 160 00 98. why not now ?

7000 head, good genetics, all imaginable facilities but losses. In first morning we saw the cause. After 1 Month milk = +17% . Cause poor Silage mixing / management of the silage store. Original cause – Slow silage harvesting. Made worse by – feed specialist concentrating on symptom not cause.

Problems are not always in production. Financial control is vital but must be knowledgeable. We Revue Budgets to evaluate what Costs Can and Cannot be Cut. If things went wrong our Experience provides “Forensic Insight” to look in the right places and ask the right questions. 30 Ha. of potatoes had very low physical and financial results, we found crop was dumped on local markets because office ordered “cheaper” non refrigerated transport, in mid summer 35C = spoilt potatoes = contract lost. Low yield was because cheaper, wrong, fertiliser had been bought. Equally we have seen very low yield crops blamed on weather where in-fact fertiliser had been spread on a neighbours field and and sprays sold.

Large operations often suffer from a lack of individual field attention, we look more closely and target necessary work. If there isn’t a spade in the mangers car- you need to ask why. Here excessive weight on cultivating tractors, working when too wet had caused a pan at 50 cm. It took 2 operations and 70 €/Ha. to break it properly, with yield potential lifted from 5 to 7t/Ha ROI was > 200% in Year 1.

Finding Local Talent, Quality staff is a huge issue. Don’t be put off by “breaking the rules”, look for Aptitude, not only paper qualifications. We notice details that help You build a better team, and can train suitable staff for unusual roles that fit your needs. From additional info. in standard reports, to dedicated strategic reviews we help You realise potential, promote Your best and retrain or replace those in need.

Simple is sometimes best – direct seeding with a planned lower but reliable yield , less working capital and less risk. Forage pick up trailer instead of forage harvester, utilising old silage clamps near fields and transporting silage to cows in winter all overcame shortage of – skilled labour, management plus long travel distances and very difficult soils. In short Simplifying Production of grains and silage bought this 2000Ha primarily Milk business back into profitability.

Feeding your own factories with consistent high quality crop demands efficient harvesting processes, 24/7 for 6 months, non stop – 2 hrs field to factory. GPS Control allowed us to refuse need for a 5th combine and two more trucks. Utilise existing technologies, remove arguments and opinions, replace them with facts.

Working with local teams to realise staff potential – Team leadership by key drivers, unusual in our countries, brings results. Practical knowledge from having done it ourselves …

“We do nothing without our staff”, Good staff stay and others are attracted when You look after their families, costs almost nothing. This is my son Daryan Ivan, working on site for a week, month or year family sometimes come too.

Mis-matching and under utilising of equipment is frighteningly common, we provide unbiased recommendation on what will and won’t work for your business, in your location, with your staff and business plans.

Chief engineer, was blocking our proposed cultivation plan claiming their tractors couldn’t manage the equipment proposed on their soils. We know a few people, arranged a demo and delivered the plan to cut cultivation costs by 30% reduce labour requirement and improve soil structure. Operational and strategic planning.

Monkey business, there’s 5 combines out here….. somewhere……Businesses are getting bigger, seasons longer, pressures higher…. Give yourself a break.. Pick up the phone and find out how to make Your life easier and the future Brighter. +7915 160 0098 or WhtsApp +372 564 2060.