Of all the challenges we face with managing employees, one of the largest has to be the simple fact that a large portion of them have a limited ability to speak English

Labor costs have grown over the last years, reveals USDA data on the cost of production on dairy farms

Somewhere along the way, someone asked me my thoughts on how authority should flow within a dairy. Upon reflection, I developed “The Purple Truck Theory.”

My good friend, Barb, recently lost her job. The company she worked for reorganized her department and her position was eliminated

During last weekend’s holiday, I spent time with my out-of-state cousins. Because of our chatting, I did not make my regular Sunday mass time

If the decade of reliance on immigrant employment in agriculture is not completely eclipsed, then it is certainly waning

From early on we’re often taught to live by the Golden Rule, “Do unto others, as you would have them do onto you.” It simply means that we should treat people the same way that we would...

I had a unique experience the other day. It is interesting how it all started but even more so how it ended

Employee turnover rates over the last 12 months ranged from 11 percent to 44 percent for the majority of the 200 dairy farms included in the UW Cooperative Extension and UW Center for Dairy Profitability...

The world is filled with an almost endless variety of jobs. Not the tasks, but the professions people go into

My family’s dairy has had great luck and bad luck with employee turnover. We have had people work for us who I have known since I was in elementary school

Any career that you find outside of agriculture can be found in the field of agriculture

How many times have we heard this question in our various roles on the farm? Probably countless, and we all know it’s never for just a minute!

Across the nation, students are graduating from high school and college

Writing a résumé was one of the most challenging projects I worked on during my college and high school career

As those of us in dairy circles continue to hope for a recovery, the rest of the economy keeps growing

Employee turnover is top of mind for many farmers as labor continues to be a hot topic in the dairy industry

With the rising cost of labor and the declining number of people willing to work on dairies, Viterbo University’s Tom Thibodeau suggested farmers need to embrace a culture of caring on the farm

While labor efficiency rose 2.3, labor costs climbed 7.2 percent, wiping away any gains in getting more work done on a daily basis through implementing technology

In conversations with employers, New Mexico State University’s Robert Hagevoort said he most often hears complaints about employee management