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Welcome! The Hispanic Resource Center seeks to promote cultural awareness and a better understanding of Hispanic workplace issues. It includes articles from Manejo Lechero, a bilingual training tool from Dairy Herd Management and industry expert Jorge Estrada, as well as previous articles from Dairy Herd Management and useful Web links. Please send comments to Tom Quaife at tquaife@food360.com.
Latest Postings
6/1/2009 9:21:00 AM
Communication can be a challenge given the language barrier we find between Anglos and Hispanics.
6/1/2009 8:49:00 AM
Every day dairies may need to remove tires and plastic from the top of bunkers.
6/1/2009 8:29:00 AM
In this day and age, there is shifting going on everywhere — the economy, employment, our industry. Yet daities need to have stable workforces.
6/1/2009 5:19:00 AM
Cows typically milk for about 10 to 11 months after they have calved. It is normal for a cow to go through a dry period after she has milked for several months. Milking cows are generally dried off about 60 days prior to having their next calf.
4/1/2009 3:57:00 AM
Know the proper way to use a captive bolt gun to euthanize cows.
4/1/2009 3:50:00 AM
4/1/2009 3:45:00 AM
Workers on many dairies come from different backgrounds.
2/27/2009 5:05:00 AM
Mastitis costs the dairy industry more than $100 million a year, including lost milk production, treatment costs, and cows that may have to be culled.
2/1/2009 4:55:00 AM
Managers and employees alike must constantly work on their communication skills.
2/1/2009 4:47:00 AM
The dairy industry has increasingly become a target for unions and opportunistic attorneys who accuse producers of a range of unlawful and unfair labor practices.
