Beechdean farm

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Beechdean farm

• By Sabine Kermani
• And
• Sarah Jack

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Farm Background

• Since 1989 Beechdean farm have been making
  Beechdean Farmhouse Dairy Ice Cream.
• Their family farm is based in the Chiltern Hills,
  UK.
• It is an independent company which works on its
  of 600 acres of farm land.
• Their Location is
• Old House Farm
• North Dean
• High Wycombe
• Buckinghamshire
• The farm has two types of cows, 120 Jersey cows
  and 270 Friesian cows, they are used for milk and
  ice cream production.

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Type of Farming

• Dairy farming is the rearing of animals for milk
  and other diary products, this makes Beechdean a
  dairy farm as they make ice cream.
• It is a commercial farm as the out puts are all
  for sale.
• It is pastoral farming because the land is left
  under the grass and the rearing of animals.
• Pastoral farming is also extensive farming, due
  to the large areas.

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Dairy Farming as a System

• Physical Inputs
• Climate
• Temperature mild winters
• And warm summers are needed.
• These conditions amount to a
• Long grass growing season.
• Precipitation is spread around
• evenly.
• Relief
• Flat and low lying land
• Soil
• Soils are deep and nourishing.
• Human and Economic Inputs
• Labour.
• Buildings.
• Machinery and technology.
• Markets and transport money.
• Subsidies.
• animal breeds.

• Processes
• Grazing
• Calving
• Milking
• Taking care of the cows
• Feeding

• Outputs
• Animal production
• Milk
• Cows
• Calves
• Profit
• Gains or losses.

Feedback- profit, manure, silage, animals
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Beechdean Farm and the Affect of Government
Policies

• Milk Quotas Dairy farmers were producing too
  much milk due to a fall in demand for milk
  products like butter.
• Quotas were introduced and were the farms last 10
  years average milk production.
• Farmers are allowed to produce that amount of
  milk and no less, if they do, they are farmed.
• Beechdean farm solved problem by making ice
  cream, half their stock would be used for milk,
  the other for ice cream.
• Today they are selling almost 2.5 million litres
  of ice cream a year.
• Their has been a fall in dairy products prices
  which resulted in Beechdean farm losing money and
  profits.
• However, now their ice cream is their main source
  of income and they are very successful with it.

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Scientific Advances

• Over the years cows have been bread to produce a
  huge 50 to 70 litres of milk in one day, over 3-4
  milking sessions.
• Before, approximately 100 years ago, cows only
  produced around 20 liters a day.
• The improved milk production is due to
• Selective breeding for high milk-yield
• Lots of nutrient-rich, high-energy food
• Good housing and shelter - keeping the cattle
  inside on clean straw bedding on cold days and
  outside gently grazing on warm days

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Conclusion

• Beechdean farm is a good example of a very
  successful and profitable farm. When they were
  going to lose money from the EU policies, they
  diversified, only to become even more profitable.
  
• Beechdean farm has a very efficient input,
  processes and feedback method and new technology
  has only improved this more.
• They are a good example of well treated and cared
  for animals produce excellent produce. Proper
  breeding of the cows to get specific produces is
  an effective way of producing quality goods.