Tips on Recruiting and Retaining Quality Employees on your Dairy Farm
Alycia Drwencke, Dairy Management Specialist
Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Program
Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News spoke with Libby Eiholzer of the Northwest NY Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops program to discuss human resource management, which can be key to obtaining and retaining quality employees on the farm. You can find their conversation in this video. Libby is the Bilingual Dairy Specialist in the Northwest. She spent two years in Guatemala as part of the Peace Corps following her graduation from Cornell University. Her feature article in DairyBusiness can be found here. Be sure to check out her very useful self-assessment tool, online at:
https://nydairyadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_683.pdf
Upcoming Events
Broiler Field Day at Sunny Cove Farm
June 6, 2024
Alfred Station, NY
Join us for a field day to explore broiler production, processing, and finances. Meghan Snyder of Sunny Cove Farm will be our host. She raises small batches of organic broilers, processing them on-farm under the 1,000 bird exemption.
Cornell Seed Growers Field Day
July 2, 2024
Ithaca, NY
Please Save the Date for the Cornell Seed Growers Field Day to be held the morning of July 2nd. The event will be held at the NYSIP Foundation Seed Barn, 791 Dryden Rd., Rt. 366, Ithaca, NY.
Stockmanship and Stewardship 2024
October 25, 2024
Hamburg, NY
Save the date!! The event is one of 4 across the US and is a two-day educational experience featuring low-stress cattle handling demonstrations, Beef Quality Assurance educational sessions, facility design sessions, and industry updates.
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