The Lean Dairy Farm
Eliminate Waste, Save Time, Cut Costs - Creating a More Productive, Profitable and Higher Quality Farm
Jana Hocken, Mat Hocken
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The Lean Dairy Farm
Eliminate Waste, Save Time, Cut Costs - Creating a More Productive, Profitable and Higher Quality Farm
Jana Hocken, Mat Hocken
About This Book
Make your farm better, smarter, and more productive
The Lean method is revolutionising farming globally with its proven approach for reducing waste, improving productivity and sustaining profits.In The Lean Dairy Farm, dairy farmer and Lean consultant Jana Hocken explains why this approach is essential to every dairy farm and how to apply these tools, practices and principles to your dairy operation.
The Lean Dairy Farm helps reduce the common problems and stressors faced by farmers every day: long work hours, high staff turnovers, repeat problems, breakdowns, wastage, safety and high costs. Using her own family's dairy farm as a case study, Jana provides insight into how the Lean approach applies to farming, introduces practical tools to help you improve efficiency and reduce waste, and shows you how to create a farm culture that supports Lean thinking.
Even if Lean is entirely new to you, this book offers a simple blueprint for applying its principles and practices to improve your farm.
- Quickly make use of basic Lean concepts on your farm
- Identify and eliminate waste in farm processes
- Organise your farm effectively to improve productivity
- Standardise your processes to do everything right the first time
- Develop an engaged, high performing team
If you want a more efficient, profitable and robust dairy farm, The Lean Dairy Farm is for you.
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PART I
The concept of âLean'
Chapter 1
Before we get started âŠ
External vs internal locus of control
- weather
- global dairy prices
- interest rates
- politics
- taxes
- policies/regulations.
- your work environment
- what you do and how you do it
- your quality
- your waste
- your efficiency.