The dairy industry continues to deal with the fallout from undercover videos that apparently show animal abuse on two Florida dairies. Dairy Herd Management published an article and extensive video of a press conference by Southeast Milk Inc. In the video, Jim Sleper, CEO of Southeast Milk, emphasizes that they will be training their member … Continue reading Human Resource Management is Critical to Animal Care
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I was glad to be a part of PDMP's "Summer Summit." Farmshine printed a great story about the event, see it here: Farmshine Nov3. 2017 Sept Summit Recap
Agriculture has a lot of workforce challenges confronting us today. At times we need to look up from those challenges and make sure we are preparing for the future. Thanks to the folks at Progressive Dairyman magazine for giving me the opportunity to write on this subject. See: "A vision of the future dairy workforce" in … Continue reading A vision of the future dairy workforce
Webinar: October 26th at 1:30 PM EST, Sign up here! All the way back to my days with Penn State Extension, people would ask for a tool to help them with scheduling. Using Excel or paper is a pain and it's always out of date as soon as someone switches a shift. When I started … Continue reading Tech to Help Manage People, Join My Webinar!
Wait, forget the wedding plans, I didn't mean that kind of engaged! Employee Engagement We're talking about engaged employees, those who feel a mental and emotional connection at work and are willing to put in the extra effort required to do a great job. Disengaged employees, in contrast, are those who just "go through the … Continue reading How to Get Engaged
As I gaze into the future of the agricultural workforce a few things are becoming clearer. Ag employees of all kinds are going to be harder to find and more expensive than ever before. What can ag employers do? First things first, for too long labor has been a poorly managed expense category, especially for … Continue reading Let’s Measure Labor Expenses
On a flight to Atlanta today I was glad to be seated next to a young chemical engineer who works for a petroleum company. She likes the company and they treat her well but she doesn't want to spend her career there. Why? Because she wants to be part of a company that is creating … Continue reading Youth are looking for meaning in work
I'm looking forward to speaking at Farm Credit Council Services' Forum for Ag Lending next week. My presentation is about how to apply critical thinking in your work. Richard Paul's fun definition of critical thinking is "thinking about your thinking while you're thinking in order to make your thinking better." Critical thinkers gather and verify … Continue reading Brain Training
Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) is a solid start in quality management systems, but there is much more potential for quality management in our dairy industry. Read my latest article in Progressive Dairyman here. ©2017 Richard Stup
PDMP September Summit to focus on animal care and employees. The Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania is taking the lead on issues of highest concern in the dairy industry. The September Summit will focus on animal care issues as the industry strives to build consumer confidence in the quality of dairy products and the welfare … Continue reading PDMP September Summit
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