Benefits of FAR membership

FAR recognises standards of professionalism within the livestock feed supply sector, which is good news for farming systems and the environment including reducing GHG emissions.

FAR delivers the following benefits:

For the individual adviser

Provide high quality advice to livestock producers, demonstrating professional skills as a member of an important industry initiative and gain personal career development through training the register provides.

For Feed Supply Companies

Independent assurance to farmers and customers that advisers are competent and provide professional feed advice to improve the efficiency of livestock feeding with the benefit of reducing the environmental impact.

For the feed industry

Provides assurance to stakeholders that the industry’s advisers are professionals delivering advice that helps farmers produce quality livestock while taking account of environmental impacts.

For farmers

The knowledge and assurance that they are receiving sound advice from a competent professional to meet the needs of their livestock production system and it considers both production and environmental objectives.

For government and other stakeholders

A recognisable scheme that will play its part in improving the sustainability of livestock production. FAR is a crucial part of the industry’s participation in the Greenhouse Gas Action Plan.

You should join if you:

You may wish to join if you:

prepare ration plans or provide feeding advice to cattle, sheep, pig or poultry farmers
sample forage and advise on feeds to complement it
are an in-house nutritionist/commercial nutritionist
are a veterinary surgeon giving feed advice
are an independent adviser or feed adviser/ nutritionist linked to a machinery or other company offering feed advice
are selling a farmer feed ingredients and advising how they fit an overall feed ration
are a consultancy business offering independent feeding or feed management advice to livestock farmers
are a feed sales specialist
offer advice on mineral supplementation

sell feed ingredients to a farmer making up his own feed, but not advising on formulating the finished diet
sell silage additives to livestock farmers
are a retail seller of animal feed products
a livestock farmer preparing or advising on rations to other farmers

See below what some of the registered advisers are saying about the benefits of joining the Register.

FAR is something which I think will build a strong industry value, not just at business level but also at primary producer level. Competent advice, source assurance and business integrity is what will help drive our agri industry forward. FAR will benefit the entire industry by setting a benchmark standard for professional people of all ranges that can help support government targets on GHG emissions, the increased requirement for feed efficiency at farm level and improve agri-industry image from a public perspective.

strong industry value

I think FAR is helping to ensure that feed advice given to UK farmers is the of the best possible level, and is helping to ensure the profession is trusted and viable.

advice given to UK farmers

I believe that the Feed Advisor Register benefits the livestock industry by providing a register of suitably qualified and competent advisors to provide high quality effective advice to livestock keepers on all aspects of animal nutrition. FAR will further improve the quality of advice available by instituting regular ongoing training and reaccreditation to ensure that all registered advisors remain current and competent. FAR provides benefits to all members by providing a source of information for ongoing professional development, allowing advisors to gauge their level of competence and identify areas for improvement and by differentiating members from other, less qualified individuals.

Feed Advisor Register benefits

I believe FAR benefits the industry by providing members training and information to ensure members can give the correct feeding advice in order to maintain high standards of production and also improve it.

FAR benefits the industry

As such I have seen that membership of and training in the core competences for FAR have been of great benefit to the ruminant feed industry and to their clients.

core competences

FAR is a start towards giving our profession more credibility in the eyes of producers, giving them the ability to judge whether or not to accept the advice from someone.

credibility