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- Employees Are Key to Success
- by Pork news staff (4/15/2008)
- Some call it people power, but whatever the term, human capital continues to be a significant challenge facing all of agriculture and the pork industry is no exception. A pork-industry panel led by moderator Don Tyler, Tyler & Associates, discussed the importance of securing a knowledgeable workforce today and in the future as a part of the movement toward responsible pork production.
- Roadmap to a Stable Workforce
- by Rick Jordahl (1/1/2008)
- A stable workforce strengthens your business. Creating that stability means you have to do many things well, such as addressing turnover, opening communication, being fair, and hiring, training and retaining the right employees.
- Know Your OSHA Requirements
- by Rick Jordahl (1/1/2008)
- Preventing worker injury and health risks are responsible things to do, and they make good economic sense. No one wants to get a visit from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, but there’s much you can do to protect yourself and your workers.
- Growing Responsibilities: Are you up to the call?
- by Marlys Miller, Editor, Pork magazine (1/1/2008)
- You’ve long ago shed your hog farmer label. Ask people raising pigs today and they’ll tell you without hesitation that they are pork producers. Actually, increasingly more of you will respond that you’re food producers.
- Fighting the good fight
- by Rick Jordahl (1/1/2008)
- From his Washington, D.C., office, Steve Kopperud tracks issues that affect animal agriculture. He shares his insights on animal rights issues and what they mean to the pork industry.
- Misguided on MRSA
- by Jill Appell (1/1/2008)
- European and Canadian studies that found methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus — MRSA — on pigs are igniting anti-antibiotic efforts in the United States.
- Administration To Revise Immigration Rule
- by Pork news staff - source: Meatingplace.com (11/27/2007)
- A judge who stopped a new immigration reform rule last month has agreed to put the case on hold until March, 2008 so the administration can rewrite the rule, according to media reports.
- A next generation Pork Executive
- by Marlys Miller (11/1/2007)
- Jamey Tosh is a rare breed — a young owner/operator of a pork production business. At 28 years old, he’s responsible for the 20,000 sows and the 8,500 acres of row crops that make up Tosh Farms.
- Who’s Responsible?
- by Marlys Miller (10/1/2007)
- Personal responsibility is hard to come by these days. Whether it’s an individual, a group, a business or a politician, the tendency is to look for someone else to charge with the task or even to blame.
- Sometimes Disease Management Depends on Employee Management
- by Lawrence Firkins (8/01/2007)
- Recently a veterinarian was telling me about his challenges in dealing with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome. He soon began discussing his frustrations with managing employees at production facilities.
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