At any time, the milk producer who finds himself in front of a problem in his herd, can and should act quickly. First call at the offica and describe the symptoms with as many details as possible. The advice will be given instantly if this is a familiar problem; less than a week later if it is a rare case, and then refered to the experts team for evaluation, they meet every week. The protocols and the suggestions of management will be transmitted quickly to the client on the phone and in writing.
The look of a different person from the outside is often sharper than the person who has his animals in front of him every day, morning and night. The consultant who has in front of him different analysis, milk control reports, te feed as given, who can see the building and who has the file of the farm, who can examine the animals from the back, and from the front, who can ask questions to the breeder, who will use tools like the Observation File, the Twelve Types, and finally, who can observe the milking routine, this advisor can more easily point his finger to the causes of problems, he can make suggestions of corrections, he can do it in writing and see the results during his next visit.
The farmer who decides to sign a Pact is sure that there will be a visit as least once a year, it’s included in the contract, but everybody should think about the obvious advantages that will come from one or more visits of the farm.
The great majority of the customers of Labo Solidago inc in Quebec have taken a formation, from 1990 to 20o6, 387 farms gained from it. This section was neglected from 2006 to 2010. Now that our basic approach is turned towards prevention and that our range of products have gone from 56 to 12, we offer formations, one day, from 10 :00 to 4 :00 with a shared meal. This rare meeting with fellow breeders, the exchanges of know-how, a method of management that showed it real value over time, all this will bring lots of useful informations.
Because we want to make sure to be able to face up to any emergency and to offer quickly a working solution to problems, it is necessary to have a complete file, up to date, on the herd. We insist that all pertinent facts at at our disposal. The past problems, the applied protocols then, their historical results, all this will helps us to get the picture of what has really happened.