Simon Smith

Independent Dairy Consultant | Smith Farm Consulting

Simon Smith is an experienced dairy consultant and nutritionist from Smith Farm Consulting, working with a wide range of progressive dairy businesses across Oxfordshire and beyond. Drawing on extensive on-farm experience, Simon specialises in helping farmers maximise herd performance through effective nutrition, practical management strategies, and data-driven decision making. He works closely with producers to turn farm data into actionable insights that improve efficiency, cow health, and profitability. During this session, Simon will explore the data readily available to farmers within their systems and use it to drive better business outcomes and management actions. 

Tomos Richardson

Farm Management Solutions Specialist | DeLaval

Tomos Richardson represents DeLaval and has extensive knowledge of the latest digital technologies available to dairy farmers. His presentation will focus on DeLaval Plus, the company’s advanced performance management platform, and the growing range of DeLaval biosensors that help transform farm data into practical decision-making tools. Tomos will demonstrate how technologies such as milk solids analysis, disease risk monitoring, reproduction management and predictive analytics can help farmers improve herd health, productivity and profitability through smarter use of data.