Working Effectively Village

People in Dairy Programme

Paper – The People in Dairy Programme – developing a pathway towards socially sustainable farms PDF

People in Dairy

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Working Efficiently

Paper – Benchmarking effective farm work organisation PDF

Working Effectively

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Paper Measuring and managing spring labour time-use PDF

Paper The impact of work practices and technologies on labour demand PDF

Time savers

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Time Savers – what ones suit you?

59 time saving work practices and technologies presented using a visual display board at the 2023 Moorepark Open Day. Work practices/ technologies (time savers) are grouped by their associated task and each item is represented by an image and brief description.

Time Savers in the area of Milking, including; 1 person milking during mid-lactation, Not leaving parlour to feed calves during milking, Vehicles used to herd cows, OAD in early lactation, Minimal pre- milking teat preparation, ACR's, Entry & exit gates operated from anywhere in the pit, Milking

Time Savers in the areas of Calf and Cow Care, including; Calves trained on group feeders (days 1-4), Male calves sold, Purpose built calf shed, Calf pens bedded every second day, Automatic calf feeders, Heifers contract reared, Milk piped / transported mechanically to calf shed, Calf pens cleaned weekly or more often, Group calving pens or combination of group/individual, No hand

Time Savers in the areas of; Grassland Management, Feeding, Heifer Care, Administration, and General, including; Contractors spread all slurry, Contractors spread all soiled water, No strip fencing after 1st rotation, Tractor / loader & grab used for feeding, Silage pushed in between feeds mechanically, Contractors spread all fertiliser, Cows out fulltime before mid-February, 0.3m