What we do
When buying dairy livestock with us, your Progressive Livestock agent will be working hard for you.
Prior to Purchase
- Source and identify cows of suitable breed, quality and price.
- Provide a review of herd history including breeding and production, feeding regimes, stocking rates and length of walks to shed.
- Obtain previous years herd tests to confirm production and cell counts, including those for cows that may have been introduced to the herd after the previous lactation.
- Ensure all herd information, profiles, herd tests, scanning and calving information is available for assessment prior to selection day.
- Negotiate the terms of sale on your behalf and prepare a robust sale and purchase contract.
On Selection Day
- Facilitate the viewing of cows.
- Ensure that only cows that fit the contract criteria are present and challenge any cows that do not fit the criteria.
- Accurately record all selected cows. This means comparing the cows offered for selection with the original herd information to ensure there are no anomalies.
After Selection Day
- Monitor the cows at regular intervals to ensure the conditions of the contract are being met. Plan transport to ensure the purchasers contractual obligations are met.
- Facilitate a pre-delivery inspection to check the condition and soundness of the cows and obtain all scanning certificates and Lepto certificates.
- Organise independent assessments of condition and soundness when there may be disagreement.
- Check delivered tallies with charged tallies.
