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When you hire a new employee on your farm, you will benefit from making it a priority to provide an orientation.
Arguably the most important resource category on a cattle operation is human capital – a fancy term for the people involved in the operation.
High employee turnover can lead to inconsistent animal production or potentially lower quality products, both meat and milk.
A recent dairy labor study found that a reduction of immigrant workers would lead to a doubling of retail milk price, costing the U.S. economy more than $32 billion.
A good experience on the first day can lead to long term employee engagement and higher retention rates.
A new biological treatment could help dairy cattle stave off uterine diseases and eventually may help improve food safety for humans, a University of Florida study shows.
In a new, three-year, $710,000 federally funded study, UF/IFAS researchers will use lab and field studies to investigate how pasture management and factors such as temperature and rainfall affect soil microbes.
UC Davis’ Frank Mitloehner is clearing the air on the real amount of livestock emissions.
Why is it so difficult to agree on a “globally acceptable” definition of sustainability?
Cattle grazing and clean water can coexist on national forest lands, according to research by the University of California (UC), Davis.