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Labour costs

unlacedgecko

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Livestock Farmer
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Fife
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Obviously a temp job leading up to Xmas, but this is what other industries are offering. How will livestock ag compete?
 

shearerlad

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Livestock Farmer
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Obviously a temp job leading up to Xmas, but this is what other industries are offering. How will livestock ag compete?
Move into the 21st century.

Agri undervalues labour so much, and then moans about not being able to attract or keep people. You’ve just got to read threads on here and Facebook regarding lambing labour etc to see the attitude of people
 

unlacedgecko

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Fife
Move into the 21st century.

Agri undervalues labour so much, and then moans about not being able to attract or keep people. You’ve just got to read threads on here and Facebook regarding lambing labour etc to see the attitude of people
I agree entirely. But how will livestock ag pay that labour and then retain economically viable?
 

Anymulewilldo

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Cheshire
Move into the 21st century.

Agri undervalues labour so much, and then moans about not being able to attract or keep people. You’ve just got to read threads on here and Facebook regarding lambing labour etc to see the attitude of people
That’s why we buy machines, job won’t stand lots of paid labour. Machines don’t want holidays, paternity, maternity, sick pay, days off. Then folk moan there’s no work in agriculture! We’ve been pushed down the mechanisation route since the war!!
 

unlacedgecko

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Fife
@unlacedgecko ’s FB post being one of them 🤣🤣🤣 I had a few people send that to me
No undervaluing of labour there. I was making it clear in my own unique style that I wanted a professional and experienced contractor with trained dogs, rather than someone who's watched lambing live and fancies a go.

Such contractors were invited to pm me with their rates. I put the onus on them to value their labour.
 

Mc115reed

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Livestock Farmer
No undervaluing of labour there. I was making it clear in my own unique style that I wanted a professional and experienced contractor with trained dogs, rather than someone who's watched lambing live and fancies a go.

Such contractors were invited to pm me with their rates. I put the onus on them to value their labour.
I thought the post was perfect to be fair… I wish I’d put a similar post last year when I hired my lambing staff… she got a sharp awakening from what she’s seen as lambing on Instagram that’s for sure
 

AftonShepherd

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Livestock Farmer
Location
East Ayrshire
Hang on ...... isn’t this one isolated short term contract working in a warehouse doing crap repetitive sh!t.

If £26 an hour becomes the standard wage for any basic jobs there are a lot more industry’s ahead of ag that are going to sh*t themselves.
I've often said I love the lifestyle that farming gives me, even when the weather's at its worst, but if it was £26 an hour long term it might not matter how crap and repetitive it was ...
 

Anymulewilldo

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Cheshire
This last 12 months there have been many occasions I have thought “I’d be better selling all the sheep and cattle, and take these short term jobs at brilliant money until they run out.” Unfortunately it’s not just a job you can jump in and out of! 😂😉
 

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Webinar: Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer 2024 -26th Sept

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On Thursday 26th September, we’re holding a webinar for farmers to go through the guidance, actions and detail for the expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer. This was planned for end of May, but had to be delayed due to the general election. We apologise about that.

Farming and Countryside Programme Director, Janet Hughes will be joined by policy leads working on SFI, and colleagues from the Rural Payment Agency and Catchment Sensitive Farming.

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