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On more and more dairy farms every year, employees play integral roles in day-to-day operations, decision making, and problem solving. In these roles, ideas for changes to operations and for capital investments are generated.
Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is the result of merging two continuous improvement approaches and has become a significant force within organizations in all sectors to optimize processes and drive out waste.
I’ve always thought that the saying “Dog days of summer” came from our dog who in the heat will be sprawled out under a tree or under the porch where not even the evilest of Amazon delivery trucks can get her to move.
Starting an on-farm creamery and selling local products directly to consumers at their drive-through market has given Ryan and Haylee Mensonides optimism for the future of the dairy industry while helping to create a legacy for their four sons.
In my head, I practiced the lines that worked out so well for Liam Neeson. When his daughter was abducted by Albanian human traffickers in Taken, he was smooth in getting her out of trouble. I just hoped I didn’t have to explain that my very particular skills, whatever I have of them, were related to farming.
The school calendar used to follow the harvest. Children needed to help with harvesting and canning the produce, which they had spent the summer growing as a family.
A sweaty crew of workers resurfaced our parking lot recently. The freshly painted lines on hot blacktop not only look amazing, but the early results indicate the renovation is going to change behavior.
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