Environmental Resource Management
Life on the farm is unpredictable at best – especially when many factors impacting your day are out of your control. Here’s why it is important to be proactive when it comes to farm management.
The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor will make an additional 35,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas available for the second half of fiscal year 2022.
As much as our children may enjoy being out in the barn working with their animals, there are going to be some days where it’s hard not to groan about it a little. Here’s how one mom tackles grumbling in the barn.
To measure and continuously improve air quality in and around swine production facilities, the FFAR and NPB launch new air quality program.
From epidemic illnesses impacting pigs to falling commodity prices to increasing farm debt load, many factors cause stress among farmers. Learn how to recognize warning signs of stress and ways to deal with tough times.
Putting time into on-boarding greatly increases employee confidence and ensures they feel like they can help the farm and be seen as a contributing member of the team. Here’s how on-boarding has improved retention.
Zoey Dinkla spent her summers working for large integrators, gaining crucial experience. At the time, she did not fully appreciate her exposure to a variety of companies’ workflows, processes and ultimately, culture.
After 30 years working in the field of rural mental health, Ted Matthews understands the factors that stress farmers and knows how to help them.
Where does farming’s ‘people problem’ start? Aidan Connolly takes a look at the war for talent and what that means for the pork industry when it comes to finding, training, motivating and keeping the best workers.
A commitment to continuous learning is one thing that separates the best from the rest. And pork production is no exception. Experts weigh in on recently launched PQA Plus Version 5.0 and what it can do for the industry.
It’s hard when sows die, says Luis Lopez, a breeding team lead at New Fashion Pork. The reality that you can do everything right and still experience loss on a farm is hard to deal with day in and day out.
Every detail matters when you’re talking about preventing a bacteria or virus from walking onto your sow farm. Here’s a look at why employee turnover may be one of your greatest biosecurity risks.
Of all the change Steve Malakowsky has witnessed in the past 25 years, the most important has been next-gen producers making their mark. He offers three things to consider before transitioning to the next generation.
When one of us fails, we cause failure across the whole system. We can’t do it without each other, says Jose Santiago of Tosh Farms, winner of Carthage Swine Conference’s production tips competition.
It may seem early, but it’s time to dust off the winter checklist. Josh Maschhoff is normally not one for lists, but with the sporadic Midwest weather, he says lists help prevent things from falling through the cracks.
What makes a good family farm transition? It is difficult to achieve a good farm transition without at least doing well in each of these C’s.
With possible increases in estate and gift taxes looming, the use of an Intentionally Defective Grantor Trust (IDGT) may be appropriate to use in 2021.
Up to $12.06 million can be passed to your loved ones upon death, exempt from federal estate tax. While living, you can also gift $16,000 annually to as many individuals as you’d like. Of course, some exceptions apply.
Don’t underestimate what you do each and every day as a pig farmer – feeding your family as well as everyone else’s, says Heather Hill, president of the National Pork Board and an Indiana pig farmer.
I’d like to pretend interviewing superstar Luke Bryan didn’t get my heart racing just a little, but it did. Here’s an inside look at what I learned.
What should companies do when they are cash-rich and have fundamentally sound business generating record profits, but all the professional forecasters say disaster is around the corner?
What might hog manure do for soil health? A recent study shows significant gains from hog manure fertilizer usage, along with other conservation practices.
Canadian health officials urge pork producers to be especially cautious when spreading manure this fall due to the high number of manure storages contaminated with PED virus. It’s a good reminder for the U.S., too.
It was a big day at our house when our son brought home his Ascend One Limited Edition Gable Steveson wrestling shoes. If you follow wrestling, you know Gable.
Conflict. Everyone wants to avoid it, but experts say that’s never a good move.
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated is joining forces with AgNext at Colorado State University. On Aug. 2, they announced a strategic alliance to transform the next frontier of opportunity in livestock sustainability.
All manure is not the same. That’s why a group of researchers is taking another look at manure nutrient “book values.”
Can watching videos boost hens’ welfare and health? Iowa State University researchers believe it could.
Succession planning is difficult and time-consuming, but it is also a key step for a business that can grow into the future. Regardless of where you are in the process, you can always take another step.
The Sierra Club and Food & Water Watch are among 218 environmental groups that sent a letter Tuesday to EPA Administrator Michael Regan asking him to unleash EPA’s powers on so-called “factory farms.”