Dairy Labor News
In a world where job opportunities are endless, take the necessary steps to develop areas of work-life balance within your teams.
Leaders who effectively cultivate a culture of connection are more successful at building strong and loyal work teams.
Retaining a poor employee can cost your business more. More money, more time and more employees. Knowing when to “let go” is crucial to your team’s success.
With labor being a top concern for dairy farms, finding people to work is becoming increasingly difficult and retaining good employees is becoming a must.
The logistics of tracking over 25 wholesale primals per carcass side (excluding trim) through a modern processing facility into a box and through distribution channels is a monumental task.
Like many dairy farms, La Luna Dairy struggles to find enough workers to keep their 1,400-cow dairy humming. Not too long ago it did not matter how many help-wanted ads they put out, they still had vacancies.
Look at the decision makers and leaders on your farm. Are they all around the same age? Do they all have the same experience level?
As thriving business owners, what can you do to hire the right people in a labor market where competition is fierce?
While the road to becoming a better manager isn’t any easy one, there are a few steps you can take to not only improve your work performance, but your team’s performance as well.
Shortages reduce efficiency and ultimately reduce revenue.
There’s currently a nationwide deficit of both long-haul and short-run truck drivers, and it will impact the transit of feed, fuel, bulk milk and processed dairy products – if it hasn’t already.
Not all work is equally important, and letting other employees step up allows them to grow as well.
In November Washington dairy farmers were required to begin paying overtime to any of their employees who work more than a 40-hour workweek. The state of Washington has the highest minimum wage in the country at $13.69.
Some farmers are fortunate to have experienced farm help on stand-by to assist them with spring field work. Other farmers are not quite so lucky. Experts offer safety tips before you send your help out in the field.
Utilizing an effective management team can help you. As the owner or leader of your business, spend less time on the non-urgent and non-important tasks or duties that pop up every day.
Maintaining good employees for the long haul is a difficult task that never ends.
What qualities define how you run your farm? Take a minute to take stock of your values.
Throughout the country, overtime laws continue to threaten the dairy labor force.
It doesn’t matter if your employees present clinical signs or if they feel “fine,” if they test positive for COVID-19, they need to leave the farm and self-isolate. Here are 4 steps to prevent future transmission.
If your workload on the farm is starting to reach its breaking point, you may be experiencing burnout.
Washington dairy farmers will need to pay $20.54 per overtime hour starting in 2021.