Political correctness gone rural

I have learned a new word today. I found it - surprisingly - in the agricultural section of The Scotsman here:

There are now more employees of the Stirling-based body than there are full-time shepherds or dairy herdspersons in Scotland.

I suppose that this is the politically correct version of a milkmaid. I guess that they will need to update the Aesop's fable so that it is entitled 'The dairy herdsperson and his or her pail'.