Dairy training for Hispanic employees coming in August
Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin will offer three workshops — taught totally in Spanish — for your Hispanic employees in August.
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Learning opportunities available for Hispanic workers
Several training opportunities are available for Hispanic dairy workers in the coming weeks. Check out these three events made possible by the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin.
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Bilingual non-ambulatory cattle management training program now online
Beef and dairy producers, veterinarians and other people involved with animal agriculture condemn willful acts of animal abuse.
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Praise: Foremen want it but won’t give it
Two groups of Spanish-speaking foremen (and other front-line supervisors) participated in management training in which they also had the opportunity to interchange opinions and feelings with their employers. Just like people, groups have personalities, and they were quite diverse. But three critical issues were identified; matters which have the potential of helping foremen become much better at the art and science of supervision.
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Bilingual cattle management training certification offered
An online non-ambulatory cattle management training program that allows tracking of the people who have completed the training is now available in English and Spanish for animal caregivers on beef and dairy cattle operations.
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Pricipios Básicos: Procedimientos de Ordeño
La hormona oxitocina es un factor clave para un buen ordeño. La oxitocina es la hormona responsable de inducir la bajada de la leche, y sin la liberación de oxitocina las vacas no serán ordeñadas completamente o rápidamente. La oxitocina se libera en la sangre como respuesta a varios estímulos, y causa la contracción de los músculos de la ubre. Gracias a las contracciones originadas por la oxitocina la leche está disponible para ser sacada de la ubre. El proceso de liberación de la oxitocina empieza con la estimulación de los pezones, especialmente con la estimulación de la punta de los pezones. El sonido que produce la máquina de ordeño, o incluso la acción de caminar hacia la sala de ordeño pueden estimular la liberación de oxitocina. Los procedimientos de ordeño son esenciales y facilitan la liberación de oxitocina.
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Estrés por calor en vacuno
Si la temperatura ambiente excede 100oF, el ganado vacuno puede sufrir estrés por calor. El estrés por calor se agrava cuando la humedad relativa aumenta. En situaciones en las que la temperatura ambiente efectiva (índice que incluye los efectos de temperatura y humedad para expresar la sensación de temperatura ambiental) excede 100oF, el ganado vacuno puede llegar a estresarse resultando en una disminución de la producción de leche, problemas reproductivos, aumento de mastitis, infecciones uterinas, otras infecciones y muerte. Un excelente ejemplo de las consecuencias de excesiva temperatura y humedad, fue lo que aconteció en Julio del 2006 que resulto en la muerte de aproximadamente 20,000 animales.
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Manejando la Retención de Placenta
La placenta es la membrana que conecta el feto con la madre. Las estructuras de la placenta que parecen botones (cotiledones) se conectan con las carúnculas del útero. Es por medio de estas uniones (placentomas) por donde los nutrients son transferidos de la madre al ternero. Después de un parto normal, la placenta es expulsada a los 30 min o 8 hr. Si después de 12 h la placenta no ha sido eliminada consideramos que la vaca sufre retención de placenta (RP).
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Location key in immigrants' decision to learn English
Whether immigrants to the United States are motivated to learn English depends on a variety of conditions, such as where they will live, how educated they are and whether they need to know the language for their job, a Purdue University study finds.
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A brief history of Mexican labor in agriculture
Have you ever wondered how we arrived at this point? How did the dairy industry and the Latino labor force become so interdependent? Did it start in the 1980s? 1950s? If you take a look at history, you’ll find that this story begins much earlier.
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How can we improve communication on the dairy?
I have written several articles in which I explain differences in communication styles between dairy owners and dairy employees. Most of these articles explain these differences to dairy owners and provide tips on how to close potential communication gaps. This time, I would like to offer suggestions to dairy employees on how to communicate more efficiently with their managers.
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