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“I wonder if my supervisor thinks I’m doing a good job.”
Understanding what your employer thinks of your job performance is a key to improving and meeting your goals. Employees who are unsure of how they are doing are likely to continue at the same level of performance, assuming that “no news is good news.” However, any employer knows this is not always the case.
Two dairymen who are test-driving web-based margin projection software are both using the data they’ve collected on their individual margins over the past year to evaluate their participation in the USDA’s new Margin Protection Program.
Look around your dairy and count the number of women currently working with you. Odds are there aren’t many, and the few you have are probably family members, working part-time and only in particular roles. So where are the other women?
A larger-than-life Ayrshire cow statue helps to serve as a landmark for Hameau Farm in Belleville, Pennsylvania. Each summer, parents come from cities such as Arlington, Philadelphia and New York to drop off their daughters for a two-week farm camp.
Editor’s note: The following is based on a speech presented by Dagmar Beckel-Machyckova, the co-owner of Golden Calf Company, LLC. Dagmar gave this presentation at the 2014 Women’s Business Conference in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
If women, particularly young women, could see more strong female role models in agriculture, it might help them meet their challenges and inspire them to be more successful. That’s the premise behind a unique conference held last April in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Female leadership is lacking in Idaho’s dairy organizations. The number of women serving on the boards of Idaho’s dairy organizations is hauntingly close to Agatha Christie’s best-selling mystery novel And Then There Were None (sometimes known as Ten Little Indians).
Women in dairy are always on the go. Balancing farm with home and often off-farm jobs, they are, no doubt, “the heart of the farm.” If you are looking for quick fixes to common problems that save you time and money, you are in luck.
We asked our HERd management columnists to share about their female role models who have had an impact on their dairy careers. They also open up about how they think the dairy industry will change in the coming years and their hopes for future dairywomen.
After the traditional wedding season, many farm families have welcomed a new family member this past year. My new book, Farming’s In-Law Factor, co-authored with Dr. Megan McKenzie, has some tools to help you have more harmony and less conflict on your farm.
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