Consultation on Review of the Role of the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board: Findings from the Analysis of Consultation Responses
This report presents the findings from the analysis of responses to the consultation on the review of the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board (2015).
Sectors of the industry covered by consultation responses
A wide variety of sectors of the agricultural industry were represented in the responses to the consultation. These included soft fruit, arable and mixed arable, horticulture, livestock, potato growers, forestry and estate management - see Table 4, below. The sectors receiving most representation in the consultation responses were soft fruit and arable. 17 responses (31%) were from those involved in the soft fruit sector and 16 responses (29%) were from those involved in the arable sector. These are traditionally the sectors which employ large numbers of seasonal workers. 6 responses (11%) were received from individuals and organisations involved in horticulture.
Table 4. Sectors of the industry covered by consultation responses
| Arable Arable, cattle, timber Arable / horticulture / vegetable Arable, soft fruit, diversified agri Mixed arable, cattle and sheep Beef cattle and horticulture Beef cattle and sheep Beef, sheep and hill farming Estate management - agricultural, forestry, gardening, fishery and gamekeeping staff Forestry Forestry nursery Fruit, vegetables and salads Hardy ornamental stock production Horticulture |
Livestock, forestry Mixed Other - machinery ring Potato farmers and growers Potato, vegetable, cereal and cattle Retail/horticulture Retired farm manager Soft fruit Soft fruit / poultry / arable Soft fruit, potatoes, arable Soft fruit, beef and arable Soft fruit, arable, poultry, beef Soft fruit and vegetable Vegetable, cereal, soft fruit |
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