Employing People – Take Time to Make Time Farming Note

Are you making the most efficient use of labour on your farm. Herds on Dairy Manager Full Costs have an annual labour cost of over £44,000 per 100 cows or 3.8ppl (this includes all paid and family labour attributed to the dairy herd). Further analysis shows a large variation in litres produced per person, for any herd size. This Farming Note shows you how to evaluate the efficiency of your farm and what you can do to improve your labour efficiency.

Issued October 2006.

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Since 1991 Kingshay has been publishing Farming Notes on issues critical to the success of a modern dairy farm business. These briefings provide dairy farmers, large animal vets, farm consultants and other interested parties with the most important and timely information in a concise two-page format. The information contained in our Farming Notes is written and updated by our experts to ensure accuracy and save you time.

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