Farm Labour Supplementary Report

Supplementary Report

Mr. and Mrs. Colin Duggan and their son run the farm with assistance from Mr. Duggan's sister Brenda and her husband Keith and their son Stephen. Keith comes up every day to wash out the parlour after milking and Stephen is Mr. and Mrs. Duggan's relief tractor driver. Both Keith and Stephen are employed full time outside the farm in non-agricultural employment. Brenda works part-time and helps Mrs. Duggan with the farm. They clearly play a critical part in the running of the farm, particularly when Mr. and Mrs. Duggan may want or need time off, but would probably not now fully comply with the agricultural worker's condition which was attached to the approval in 1980 (IDO 51109 (principle) and 51661 (detail)).

At that time the farm (170 acres) was farmed by Mr. Duggie Duggan and his wife and daughter and her fiancé. Since Colin Duggan has assumed his late father's responsibilities and moved into the main farmhouse and his son has taken a full-time interest in helping his father, others have taken a lesser role in the running of the farm.

I doubt very much, if Mr. Duggan's sister and brother-in-law now contravene the occupancy condition that we could or would take enforcement action to have the property made available for Mr. Colin Duggan's son and in any case, the help they give, even although it is part-time would appear to be invaluable to the running of the farm.

Isle of Man

Government

Kreitys Ellen Vannin

Mr & Mrs Duggan

Ballavell Farm Ballasalla Isle of Man

enter number:	Enterprise
92	Dairy Cows
22	Beef Cows
98	Other cattle
	Sheep
	ewes & lambs - lowland
	ewes & lambs - upland
	other sheep - lowland
	other sheep - upland
	Pigs
	sows
	finnish & rearing
	piglets <20kg
	Poultry
	table fowl
	laying hens
	growing poults
	other poultry
	Horses
	Goats
	Deer
	Free range increase factor

hours/yr
Standard per unit	calculated total
39	3,588.0
12	264.0
9	882.0
5.2	-
4.2	-
3.3	-
2.6	-
16	-
1.3	-
1	-
0.03	-
0.3	-
0.12	-
0.045	-
150	-
20	-
15	-
0.15	-
-	-
-	-

Total livestock 4,734.0

enter acres:	Enterprise
70	Cereals
	Potatoes
	early
	maincrop
	Vining peas
	Oilseeds
	Field Beans & peas
	Linseed
	Grass seeds
	Grassland
	Rough grazing
	fodder crops
	fodder roots & Brassicas
	Fodder maize
	other cereal silages
	Fallow
	Sugar Beet
	Set Aside
	Hops
	Outdoor veg & salads
	Vinning peas
	Other peas & beans
	top & soft fruit
	Mushrooms
237	total farm size

hours/yr
Standard per acre	calculated total
8.1	566.8
48.6	-
36.4	-
10.1	-
6.1	-
4.0	-
6.1	-
8.1	251.0
1.6	220.2
0.6	-
2.4	-
40.5	-
8.1	-
8.1	-
1.6	-
13.4	-
0.4	-
24.3	-
40.5	-
10.1	-
202.4	-
182.2	-
2,923.1	-

Total crops 1,038.1 Total livestock 4,734.0 Total crops 1,038.1 Overhead assumption 288.6 assuming 5% overheads allowance Total standard man hours per year 6,060.7 Total labour units required 3.03 assuming 2000 standard labour units per labour unit Produced by the Agricultural Services Division of Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry These standards figures are sourced from the SAC Farm Management Handbook 25th edition, published September 2004, page 281