Legally-bound contract best way to ‘outsource’ heifers

MICHAEL called in to me in the office. He said that because milk quota would be abolished in 2015, he wanted to maximise his land to produce as much milk as possible.

Michael was considering contracting-out the rearing of his heifers.

He said he could keep more high-margin cows if the replacement heifers were removed from the milking platform, and he was wondering what issues should be covered in a legal agreement.