A modern consultancy company focused on delivering excellence to customers in farming and the allied industries

Professional about

your business

Welcome to Kite Consulting LLP – We provide business services to the entire food supply chain, from farmer to retailer and are widely recognised as the UK’s leading dairy consultancy company.

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What makes Kite unique

is the quality of our people

Our consultants provide practical and imaginative advice through close working relationships with our customers, because, ultimately, our success depends on your success.

We look forward to working with you.

We work with some of the most progressive farmers in the UK and Europe.

Our consultants

Our consultants have talent, enthusiasm and motivation, which means the quality of consultancy we offer is second to none. We operate a team approach and our partnership of national specialists and leading business and technical consultants provides high calibre consultancy across the UK and internationally.

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Featured consultant

Ewan McCombe

Ewan is a founding partner of Kite Consulting. He has more than 30 year’s consultancy experience and is recognised within the industry through work with the RABDF, British Grassland Institutes and OMSCO.

His specific areas of expertise are farm business management, strategic planning and technical consultancy.

Ewan was co-author of the Kite’s ground-breaking Carbon Footprint tool widely used across the industry from McDonalds to Arla as part of their corporate sustainability activities.

What our customers say

“We have been working with Kite now since 2006 and I like their dairy focus and the positive approach that the company and its consultants have to coming up with solutions to real business problems.”

– Jason Bayley, Lady Leys Farm

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Latest news & publications

Kite Update - May 2018

News

In this issue... • Brexit report overview • No more PPI calls! • Multi-cut update • Labour survey • Highlights from this year’s Florida Nutrition Symposium • Effective People Management course

Kite Update - February 2018

News

In this issue... • Brexit report overview • No more PPI calls! • Multi-cut update • Labour survey • Highlights from this year’s Florida Nutrition Symposium • Effective People Management course

What will Brexit mean for the UK Dairy Sector

Publications

Brexit is the single biggest factor to affect British agriculture for many generations. Its impact on trade relations, the form of future farm support, access to foreign markets and currency will be huge. Kite Consulting has put together this report to outline the possible ramifications of different forms of Brexit on the UK dairy industry, and to draw conclusions on the likelihood of each scenario.

Kite Update - January 2018

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In this issue... • Fine tuning fat % • Looking ahead – heifers in the pipeline • Introducing compact feeding • Making Tax Digital • New Succession Planning Service

Farm Antibiotics Presenting the Facts

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Antibiotic Reduction Kite is proud to be involved in pioneering work establishing levels of antibiotic usage within UK dairy farming, helping farmers to understand what is being used and look at ways of reducing usage. Our partners on this…

Kite Open Day 2017

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Kite Farm Open Days At our Farm Open Days we focus on the key issues that make a difference. We create a friendly, positive environment where the topics are relevant, well researched, practically based and with achievable outcomes. …

Kite Update - October 2017

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In this issue... • Sulphur - is it limiting your grassland output? • Much to learn from Minneapolis • Tips for the pre-weaning stage • The Prince’s Farm Resilience Programme

Kite Update - August 2017

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In this issue - Progressive Dairy Operator’s Conference 2017 - Antimicrobial resistance - Viewpoint from New Zealand

Straights Update August 2017

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The USDA published a significant Agricultural Statistics (WASDE) report on Thursday, 10th August which has taken the market by surprise...

Straights Update July 2017

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There is increasing uncertainty in the market, and concern about hot dry conditions around the globe, particularly the US...

Kite Update May 2017

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In this issue: Hedging your milk price - end of year accounts - costing out heifer rearing

Advance Update - April 2017

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Understanding the dry cow phase and the products available for individual farm systems.