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Dangerous bulls, heavy machinery and treacherous manure pits can all pose hazards on a dairy. Follow these safety precautions.

The more agriculture does to practice good judgment and safety with children working on farms, the less likely stringent rules will be imposed.

The pervasive “Employee of the Month” incentive is a poor strategy for motivating employee productivity.

Nearly two-thirds of respondents to California Farm Bureau Federation survey experienced labor challenges in 2012.

The giant yogurt maker foresees “negative” business conditions in Europe being more than offset by emerging markets.

It’s about what the dairy needs, not what family members or employers want their responsibilities to be, Ohio professor says at Expo seminar.

Farm groups agreed on a rolling visa limit for immigrant farmworkers and minimum wages for laborers, resolving sticking points on the path toward revised U.S. immigration law.

“The approach in this agreement is better for employers, better for employees, better for law enforcement, better for the economy – better for America.” --Jeryr Kozak, NMPF.

Bipartisan bill’s ‘blue card’ would allow farmers to keep their existing workforce.

A South Carolina prison program helps inmates develop marketable skills by working with its dairy herd.