Table 1.
Farmer participant demographics.
| Interview Code, Style | Interviewee Details: Job, Gender, Age Estimate |
Farm Details: Calving Pattern, Herd Size, Farm System | Location within UK |
|---|---|---|---|
| F1, Mobile | Calf rearer, f, 20–30 | AYR, 380, conventional | Midlands |
| F2, Sit-down | Calf rearer, f, 40–50 | AB, 350, conventional | Midlands |
| F3, Sit-down | Farm hand/calf rearer, m, 20–30 | AYR, 350, conventional | Midlands |
| F4, Joint | Farm manager, m, >50 Farm hand, f, 20–30 Son/trainee vet, m, 20–30 |
AYR, 120, conventional | Midlands |
| F5, Sit-down | Farm manager, m, >50 | AB/SB, 70, conventional | Midlands |
| F6, Sit-down | Calf rearer, f, 30–40 | SB, 300, organic | Midlands |
| F7, Mobile | Farm manager/calf rearer, m, 30–40 | AYR, 280, conventional | Midlands |
| F8, Joint | Farm manager, m, 40–50 Farm wife, f, 40–50 |
Dairy bull calf rearer, batches of 20 calves | Yorkshire |
| F9, Mobile | Farm manager, m, 40–50 | AYR, 250, conventional | Yorkshire |
| F10, Mobile | Farm manager, m, >50 | AB, 90, conventional | Yorkshire |
| F11, Mobile | Farm administrator, f, 30–40 | AYR, 400, conventional | Yorkshire |
| F12, Joint | Farm manager, m, 40–50 Herd manager, m, 20–30 |
AB, 370, conventional | Yorkshire |
| F13, Sit-down | Farm manager, m, >50 | SB, 600, conventional | Southwest |
| F14, Joint | Farm manager, m, >50 Calf rearer, m, 40–50 |
AB, 420, organic | Southwest |
| F15, Joint | Farm manager, m, 30–40 Calf rearer, m, 30–40 |
AYR, 120, conventional | Southwest |
| F16, Joint | Calf rearer, f, 30–40 Farm manager, m, 30–40 |
SB, 250, organic | Southwest |
| F17, Joint | Farm manager, m, >50 Farm hand, m, 20–30 Farm hand, f, 20–30 |
Dairybull/beef calf rearer, 1400 calf places | Southwest |
| F18, Sit-down | Calf rearer, f, 20–30 | AYR, 180, conventional | Southwest |
| F19, Sit-down | Farm manager, m, 30–40 | AYR, 160, conventional | Southwest |
| F20, Sit-down | Farm manager, m, 30–40 | AB, 330, conventional | Southwest |
| F21, Mobile | Farm manager, m, 40–50 | AYR, 1200, conventional | Yorkshire |
| F22, Mobile | Herd manager, f, 20–30 | AYR, 130, conventional | Yorkshire |
| F23, Mobile | Farm hand/calf rearer, m, 30–40 | AB, 250, organic | Southwest |
| F24, Sit-down | Herd manager, m, 20–30 | AYR, 200, conventional | Southwest |
| F25, Joint | Farm manager, m, >50 Calf rearer, m, 20–30 |
AYR, 350, organic | Southwest |
| F26, Joint | Farm manager, m, >50 Calf rearer, f, >50 |
AB, 500, conventional | Southwest |
Abbreviations: male (m), female (f), all-year-round calving pattern (AYR), autumn block calving pattern (AB), and spring block calving pattern (SB).