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Adapting to change will be a big part of survival in the dairy industry in the future, whether you are a producer, consultant or lender. King Hickman of GPS Dairy Consulting discussed dairy’s changing environment and shared strategies for staying ahead of the curve during the recent Pennsylvania Center for Dairy Excellence (CDE) dairy industry roundtable meetings.
How would you like to have complete control over the seasons? How might our lives and our businesses change if we had the ability to decide when each season would begin and end and could change the length of those seasons at any time?
As a consultant, when we are called into a dairy, one of the first questions we always ask owners and managers is to describe the culture that exists in their operation.
I am a sports fan. We have season tickets to three University of Minnesota sports (oops, not this year). In addition to enjoying the games, I have the occupational hazard of studying how the coaches are leading the teams.
You’ve led and managed your business through uncharted waters for the last several months. This is a good time to document the lessons you’ve learned during this unprecedented season in your business.
I recently learned from a large-scale producer that catchy headlines get him to click on farm management articles on his smartphone. I figured if it works to get attention online it should probably work to get a print article read too. Right?
Life has never felt more ambiguous. If there ever was a time to know what your team members are thinking, it is now. Some people might actually enjoy a hermit-legislated lifestyle.
