Tag: employment
Does land conservation equal higher employment?
Recently-completed research discovered a trend — when land conservation increased, employment also increased over the five-year period that followed.
Rural Ohio is gaining jobs
Since 2010, job growth in Ohio's rural areas has been strong, according to Mark Partridge, an economics professor at Ohio State's CFAES.
Find and hire seasonal help for your farm
Seasonal help can boost your farm’s productivity and profitability, but good help can be hard to find. Learn how to find and hire quality seasonal help.
Employee evaluation time, host a ‘stay’ meeting
A stay meeting involves sitting down with the employee, and again this can be both non-family and family, and discussing their future with the farm.
Empathy and flexibility matter when managing farm employees
Faced with a decades-long struggle to find laborers, farmers can still do a lot to attract and keep their staff and lighten their load with technology.
Feed your employees’ desire to learn
Feed your employees' desire to learn. Create an environment where learning is encouraged and you will gain employee loyalty and satisfaction.
Worker protection compliance manual now available for growers
How to Comply With the 2015 Revised WPS for Agricultural Pesticides was recently released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and details the important new rules that impact employers of agricultural workers.
4 tips for employing minors
When employing young people on your farm, be sure you know and understand the regulations surrounding their position. Staying current with new guidelines and...
Repeat after me: Agriculture as a career is hot, hot, hot
Editor Susan Crowell's column: The future of agriculture needs the brightest and the best young minds.
Employing minors on your farm
It’s that time of year when students are preparing for the school year to end and many are looking for a job. You may...
