UK Dairy Day: Opening up dairy farm labour talent pools

Making a few changes to the farm's practices could help solve some of dairy farming's recruitment problems, said Hugh Pocock, from recruitment specialists Cultura Connect

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UK Dairy Day: Opening up dairy farm labour talent pools

Speaking during a panel session focusing on ‘people' he said changing twice-a-day-milking times from early morning/afternoon to 9am and 9pm could help. "We could jump start into a whole new talent pool...

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