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Dairy farmers’ job satisfaction and the influence of automatic milking systems
NJAS: Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences ( IF 2.4 ) Pub Date : 2020-06-18 , DOI: 10.1016/j.njas.2020.100328
Björn Gunnar Hansen 1 , Egil Petter Stræte 2
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Innovation and implementation of new technology in farming is considered important to meet challenges for agriculture to increase sustainability and improve efficiency in production. Less emphasise has been on how the farmers experience the new technology. This paper responds to this gap and explores how Automatic Milking Systems (AMS) influence farmers’ job satisfaction. The research questions are: Are there differences in the experienced level of job satisfaction between AMS farmers and farmers applying Conventional Milking Systems (CMS)? Which factors determine the level of job satisfaction in dairy farming? Do these factors vary on AMS farms compared to CMS farms? The empirical data is based on a survey to a sample of dairy farmers with AMS and CMS. The results show that the most important factors which influence job satisfaction positively are common for AMS and CMS; Increased income, new cowshed, there is a successor present, farmer wants to continue farming. Contrary, higher education and being a male reduces job satisfaction. Further, the results show that AMS farmers are more satisfied with their working day, their occupational safety and their working environment. Other factors which influence job satisfaction for dairy farmers are; Less paper work, working together, considering technological competence less important, being appreciated, considering economic competence less important, increasing milk quota, loneliness and health worries. However, these factors can to a varying degree be explained from an AMS/CMS perspective, even though they differ between the two technologies.



中文翻译:

奶农的工作满意度和自动挤奶系统的影响

农业新技术的创新和实施被认为对于应对农业增加可持续性和提高生产效率的挑战至关重要。较少强调农民如何体验新技术。本文针对这一差距进行了探讨,并探讨了自动挤奶系统(AMS)如何影响农民的工作满意度。研究问题是:AMS农民和采用常规挤奶系统(CMS)的农民之间在工作满意度方面的经验水平是否存在差异?哪些因素决定了奶牛场的工作满意度?与CMS农场相比,这些因素在AMS农场上是否有所不同?经验数据基于对AMS和CMS的奶农样本的调查。结果表明,积极影响工作满意度的最重要因素在AMS和CMS中很常见。收入增加,新的牛棚,现在有继任者,农民希望继续耕种。相反,高等教育和成年男性会降低工作满意度。此外,结果表明,AMS农民对其工作日,职业安全和工作环境更加满意。影响奶农工作满意度的其他因素是;较少的文书工作,在一起工作,认为技术能力不太重要,受到赞赏,考虑经济能力不太重要,增加了牛奶配额,孤独感和健康担忧。但是,即使这两种技术之间存在差异,也可以从AMS / CMS的角度对这些因素进行不同程度的解释。

更新日期:2020-06-18
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