Livestock survey on farm health planning from Farmers Weekly www.fwi.co.uk

1. Is Farm Health
planning a tick box
exercise or dynamic
tool?.....
According to a Farmers Weekly survey of over
150 producers, more needs to be done to raise
awareness as to the benefits of health
planning….

2. Attitudes to Farm Health
Planning
86% of producers
said Farm Health
Planning was
fundamental to their
business
33% said it was a
tick box exercise

3. How often do you look at your
Farm Health Plan?

4. How long have you had an
active plan in place?

5. How do you choose how to
treat your animals?

6. Vet Relationship
72% described
their relationship with
their vet as very good
42% wanted a
better relationship with
their vet

7. 71% preferred
to use their vet for
preventative
treatments
52% only called
their vet out in an
emergency

8. How often do you see your vet
for routine visits?

9. There will be a host of Health Planning seminars at this year’s
Livestock 2012 at NEC Birmingham on 4 and 5 September
Find out more about the event at www.fwi.co.uk/livestock2012