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

Farmers must be cautious when adding new members to their staff

A great employer learns to speak the language of their employees

We all have heard of the growing pressure related to immigrant labor recently. That comes as the economy is providing full employment and the number of jobs in sectors like health care, construction, and...

“Nearly 1 million people are employed in the United States directly because of dairy,” said former USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack

The Christmas and New Year’s holidays are upon us. Some farms will have special get-togethers for employees during this festive season

At the mid-year point, only two of the eight dairy regions serviced by Frazer Certified Public Accountants and Consultants posted negative returns

Everywhere you look in dairying – well, all across agriculture and in pretty much every other business as well – everyone is looking for employees

The milk suppliers of Ben & Jerry’s will be entering into a contract that requires them to meet defined goals in the treatment and management of their employees