Add to ORKGEnd of Project ReportLabour is one of the four factors of production and an increasingly costly and scarce input on farms. The attractiveness of non-farming employment, the nature of farm work and the price received for farm outputs are resulting in falling levels of hired and family labour. A study was undertaken to quantify labour use and efficiency issues on suckler beef farms and to identify on-farm factors which influenced labour use
End of project reportImprovements in milking efficiency have a greater influence than any other aspe...
The labour employment trends of 2003 Swiss FADN farms between 2004 and 2009 are studied, differentia...
The Teagasc National Farm Survey (NFS) is undertaken annually to determine the financial situation o...
Important structural changes have taken place within the agricultural workforce in recent years. The...
The aim of this study was to quantify the labour requirement, available labour sources and actual la...
Research work on agricultural contractors appears not to have kept pace with other research areas wi...
The efficient use of labour input is essential to the success of farms; however, many countries are ...
The continued sustainable growth of Irish agriculture is dependent on further productivity and effic...
The issues of labour and work organisation (working hours, working conditions) must be seriously add...
Background: Beef suckler farms (194 farms throughout 13 counties) were assessed once with housed cat...
The objective of this paper is to examine the factors affecting both participation in an off-farm jo...
This thesis will examine the effects of policy developments on the Irish beef sector, with a particu...
The seasonal workload combined with increased dairy herd sizes and a declining workforce have create...
End of Project ReportThis report investigates technical change and levels of technical efficiency on...
peer-reviewedThe seasonality of grass-based, seasonal-calving dairy systems results in disproportion...
End of project reportImprovements in milking efficiency have a greater influence than any other aspe...
The labour employment trends of 2003 Swiss FADN farms between 2004 and 2009 are studied, differentia...
The Teagasc National Farm Survey (NFS) is undertaken annually to determine the financial situation o...
Important structural changes have taken place within the agricultural workforce in recent years. The...
The aim of this study was to quantify the labour requirement, available labour sources and actual la...
Research work on agricultural contractors appears not to have kept pace with other research areas wi...
The efficient use of labour input is essential to the success of farms; however, many countries are ...
The continued sustainable growth of Irish agriculture is dependent on further productivity and effic...
The issues of labour and work organisation (working hours, working conditions) must be seriously add...
Background: Beef suckler farms (194 farms throughout 13 counties) were assessed once with housed cat...
The objective of this paper is to examine the factors affecting both participation in an off-farm jo...
This thesis will examine the effects of policy developments on the Irish beef sector, with a particu...
The seasonal workload combined with increased dairy herd sizes and a declining workforce have create...
End of Project ReportThis report investigates technical change and levels of technical efficiency on...
peer-reviewedThe seasonality of grass-based, seasonal-calving dairy systems results in disproportion...
End of project reportImprovements in milking efficiency have a greater influence than any other aspe...
The labour employment trends of 2003 Swiss FADN farms between 2004 and 2009 are studied, differentia...
The Teagasc National Farm Survey (NFS) is undertaken annually to determine the financial situation o...