The scheme is designed to support sheep farmers in remote areas
Farmers and crofters are being urged to share their views on animal health planning.
SRUC – Scotland’s Rural College – is urging livestock and poultry producers to take part in a short survey about their views on animal health planning.
The college’s farm management researcher Lorna Paton is carrying out research to determine how useful farmers find their health plans, what level of motivation they have for health planning, and how often their health plans are used and updated.
“Animal health planning has repeatedly been promoted as a way to improve the health and welfare of farm animals, boosting their productivity and farm profitability,” said Ms Paton.
“In Scotland animal health plans are generally mandatory for farm assurance schemes so we know that most cattle and sheep farmers will have health plans.
“However we understand that not all farmers find health planning a useful exercise – and we want to find out why. I encourage farmers to complete this short and anonymous questionnaire by the end of April 2015.”
