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Get healthy, get happy: 2023 Si-Ellen Farms health fair success

Si-Ellen Farms hosts a health fair event for their employees to give them a general overview of health providers in their community and what they could be seen for.
November 21, 2023
Audrey Schmitz

Si-Ellen Farms hosts a health fair event for their employees to give them a general overview of health providers in their community and what they could be seen for.


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Nurturing your feed team: Four essential foundations for feeder excellence

Four critical foundations underpin successful nutrition programs: safety, accuracy, consistency and communication.
November 17, 2023
Travis Thayer

In the realm of dairy farming, a cow's daily routine plays a pivotal role in her well-being and productivity. Cows thrive on consistency, particularly when it comes to their dietary needs.


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Weekly Digest: House panels says dairy producers need H-2A program

The USDA released preliminary 10-year agricultural projections for major U.S. crops and livestock products, including dairy.
November 8, 2023
Dave Natzke

Roughly 40% of all U.S. dairy farms have non-family member employees, and about 70% of those workers are immigrant employees.


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Planning for success: Team dynamics and herd management

Prioritize both animal and human welfare to retain great teammates and maintain a high-quality, safe and efficient production facility.
October 24, 2023
Luke Miller

As we know, good welfare is important for cows. However, we also want to ensure we have good welfare practices in place with our two-legged teammates. Their interactions with our cows may also increase their health and well-being.


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Weekly Digest: Check Form I-9 document edition date

U.S. dairy exports continued to lag in August, with milk solids equivalent volume down 10.8% versus the same month a year ago.
October 11, 2023
Dave Natzke

Here is a brief look at the news affecting dairy producers during the second week of October 2023.


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Working during the holidays

Holidays can be a difficult time to manage employees. However, working with them gives you the opportunity to show you value them by balancing the needs of the farm and the employee.
October 6, 2023
Bob Milligan

As you know, farming businesses cannot completely stop for holidays. You and your employees, however, are members of families and social groups that have holiday expectations, traditions and plans. 


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Employee training: Not one-size-fits-all

October 1, 2023
Kimmi Devaney

While training takes many forms and varies greatly from one dairy to the next, two common goals among producers are to increase employee engagement and to grow employee skill sets.


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Overcoming a language barrier with employees

Tips for training and communicating with employees who speak languages and dialects other than Spanish and English.
August 8, 2023
Jorge Delgado

As a nation that depends on immigrants and foreign labor to work in agriculture, the diversity of this population and their languages bring new challenges to the dairy industry.


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Train your next feeder for excellence

When training feeders who influence both the largest cost and the largest source of income on the dairy, you want to make sure to set him or her up for success.
July 21, 2023
Libby Eiholzer

Feeding cows is one of the most important jobs on the farm. First, feed is the largest expense on dairy farms. Feeders handle large quantities of pricey ingredients every day, so any mistakes they make can be costly.


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Technology within your training system

July 19, 2023
Kaitlyn Lutz

Odds are if I asked about technology and regulations in place on your dairy you’d tell me there are significantly more of both today than 20 years ago.


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