Strong recruiting is key in a tight labor market

It’s April and the activity level on your farm is increasing fast. You pulled out your standard tools that you use for recruiting your seasonal farm crew…placed a few ads, called the local employment office, put up a few posts on your Facebook page, sent off an email to your former employees (the ones you […]

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Farmers’ tips on hiring your first employees

One of the strategies new farmers often use to learn their craft is to observe and talk with other farmers that appear to be having success in similar operations. In fact, farmer-to-farmer learning has a very high preference score in nearly every aspect of farmer training. In this research project, we are using the same […]

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