Dairy salary

[Dairymoo]

Hi. Just wondering what a dairyman should be earning? Responsibilities include x 2 milking, rearing calves, vet work, pc and admin, 10 hours a day, 12 days on 2 off, with accommodation.

 

[dinderleat]

Milking 10cows?

 

[Dairymoo]

250

 

[dinderleat]

25-35k

 

[Werzle]

Dont know many herdsmen only working 10hr days tbh

 

[benson 45]

In charge or people above you?

 

[Adam@Rumen]

£10/hour would put it at £31,285.

Depends on the accommodation & staffing responsibilities but got to be £35-40k min imo...

 

[thewalrus]

£10/hour would put it at £31,285.

Depends on the accommodation & staffing responsibilities but got to be £35-40k min imo...

Should really be getting overtime on everything over 40hours a week

 

[had e nuff]

Why would anyone want to do 12 days on the trot.

 

[maen]

Just watched a program about energy. Gas platform 14 day on 21 days off. We have been left behind!

 

[serf]

Why would anyone want to do 12 days on the trot.

Exactly , sounds like a prison sentence not a job .

 

[Beef farmer]

30k plus house/bills plus 2 more days a fortnight

 

[WillM]

28k-32k plus house and council tax would be my guess.

 

[jackrussell101]

Hi. Just wondering what a dairyman should be earning? Responsibilities include x 2 milking, rearing calves, vet work, pc and admin, 10 hours a day, 12 days on 2 off, with accommodation.

£40k minimum 'package' including accommodation etc.

Farm up the road has herdsman on £40k plus free 3 bedroom house easily worth £8k and that's for 11 on 3 off, so nearly £50k. There are on a Tesco contract mind.

 

[kiwi pom]

Why would anyone want to do 12 days on the trot.

They probably don't but if that's the job, that's the job.
Every other weekend is common isn't it? Only basic milking and jobs at the weekend though.
Had a job that only gave every third weekend off for a while when I was a young fella.

 

[Dairymoo]

So. 3 bed house and free council tax. 31k and 35 holidays. Every second weekend off with Friday. 11 days straight. Main duties would be in charge of milkings, feeding calves and vaccines etc, vet work, dry offs and general cow health, all cow and calf admin. Based on a 10 hour split shift but averaging 12 hours a day. No training provided/ investing in for AI or foot trimming. Fair?

 

[WillM]

Seems about right.

 

[Happy at it]

Sounds good, with the house its 40k for 250 days work. Always wonder how people can have the drive to go out on their own on tennanted units, when wages for herdmen are like this across the water.

 

[jack6480]

Welcome to the gulag

 

[betweenthelines]

40 hrs @ basic 10 at 1.5 time (Mon-Fri)
Weekends are 20 hrs Sunday 15 hours Sat divided by 2

I make that hourly rate x 72 per week. Even at £40k a year, that's a basic rate of about £10.00/hr for what is in reality managing a quarter of a million quid's worth of stock. Shocking really, isn't it?

I would suggest a salary of at least £30k plus bonuses for things like no calves born, calves reared to 6 months, hygiene, Calving Index, target hit for mastitis cases etc.