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
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June 23, 2026
Portland, NY
Amy Barkley, Livestock Specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension's Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program (SWNYDLFC) will be teaching a series of fecal egg count mobile workshops for those who are interested in the internal parasite challenges affecting sheep, goats, llamas, and alpacas.
Fecal Egg Count Mobile Workshops Summer 2026 - CCE Allegany County (Belmont, NY)
June 24, 2026
Belmont, NY
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June 25, 2026
Bath, NY
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