Employee management

By Jan Shepel
Building a winning team has been important for Sleepy Eye, Minnesota hog farmer John Schwartz , who – with his brother – has built one of the top 25 hog operations in the nation.

Schwartz told Vita Plus Dairy Summit participants that it began with strategic planning and a mission statement: Producing quality pork and creating opportunity for rural communities .

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How much should you pay your employees? How do you keep your employees motivated to do a great job?

With dairy farms growing, producers need to add more employees to their teams, but doing so can raise a lot of questions and concerns.

To help us better understand the current employee management trends on dairy farms in the Midwest, Peter Coyne , Vita Plus dairy field service...

Panelists: (left to right) Cody Heller, Heller Farms; Ignacio Escamilla, Heller Farms; and Vicente Ramirez, T&K Red River Dairy

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By Peggy Coffeen, Progressive Dairyman
Taking the time to understand the culture of Hispanic employees can build loyalty and cut down on costly turnover.

During the Vita Plus Dairy Summit, Cody Heller, Cows R Us Consulting and Heller Farms Inc.,...