Labour [SS.IM.L]
Reducing Labour at Lambing
The lambing period can be extremely labour intensive. In this video we provide some simple, low cost tips to ‘tweak’ the system to reduce labour and now is the time…
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Developing Safe Farming Practices – How to Complete a Risk Assessment
Managing health and safety on farms is essential to ensure that you, your workers, family members and others are safe at work. Completing a risk assessment is an important part…
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Developing Safe Farming Practices – Lone Working Guide
Lone working is common in many agricultural businesses from small family farms that do not employ staff to large scale enterprises with farm workers who are regularly required to carry…
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Fair Work Nation
As part of the Scottish Government’s commitment to developing Scotland as a world leading Fair Work Nation, it is seeking to balance the rights and responsibilities of employers and workers,…
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Technical note (TN747): Recording lamb traits
Lamb survival is a major factor in determining the number of lambs reared and so the financial performance of any sheep enterprise. Flock management and nutrition has a significant impact…
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