Table 2 List of all 46 codes used during thematic analysis of focus group transcripts
1 | Age at first calving |
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2 | Age of the cow |
3 | Breeds/ breed selection |
4 | Sire bulls and bull ratings |
5 | Bull beef |
6 | Buying in calves / weanlings |
7 | Buying in replacements (heifers) |
8 | Calving |
9 | Castration |
10 | Characteristics of suckler farmers |
11 | Cleanliness |
12 | Colostrum |
13 | Costs for resources (eg veterinary) |
14 | Culling |
15 | Disbudding/ Scheme re disbudding |
16 | Disease of herd and biosecurity |
17 | Dosing of calves (for hoose, etc.) |
18 | Drying off the cow |
19 | European market vs. home market |
20 | Exercise for cows |
21 | Expectations for the future |
22 | Farmers asking for information from each other |
23 | Mineral supplements for cows |
24 | Feeding the cow / cow body condition pre- and post-calving |
25 | Financial payments and outgoings |
26 | Handling suckler cattle |
27 | Housing |
28 | Improving the Scheme |
29 | The Mart |
30 | Meal-feeding |
31 | Medicines |
32 | Numbers of animals/ stocking density |
33 | Paperwork |
34 | Polledness |
35 | Pricing of beef |
36 | Rural Environmental Protection Scheme (REPS) / Cross compliance between Schemes |
37 | Scheme payments |
38 | Seasonal effects |
39 | Strong agreement on a topic within the group |
40 | Traceability of animals |
41 | Training and education |
42 | Type of land |
43 | Vaccinations |
44 | Vets |
45 | Viruses in calves |
46 | Weaning procedures |