Table 7.

Frequency and percentage of participants ranking each source of information as their first, second and third most important source.

Source of information	Most important source of advice		Second most important source of advice		Third most important source of advice
	Number of responses	% of responses	Number of responses	% of responses	Number of responses	% of responses
Your vet	106	90.6	6	5.4	0	0.0
Agricultural merchants	2	1.7	11	9.9	2	1.9
Industry bodies e.g. BEIC	2	1.7	22	19.8	20	19.0
Farming press e.g. poultry magazines, newspapers	1	0.9	6	5.4	18	17.1
Training courses and materials	1	0.9	25	22.5	21	20.0
Neighbours, friends and other farmers	0	0.0	13	11.7	19	18.1
Certification scheme bodies e.g. organic certifiers etc.	0	0.0	8	7.2	3	2.9
Websites	0	0.0	5	4.5	6	5.7
Drug companies, reps or product advertisements	0	0.0	4	3.6	5	4.8
Books	0	0.0	1	0.9	2	1.9
Othera	5	4.3	10	9.0	9	8.6
Total	117	100	111	100	105	100

^aOther responses mainly indicated advice from the egg packer/company.