Employee Management
Take precautions to prevent heat-related illness
To prevent heat stress, officials suggest you monitor your co-workers and yourself. Remember, heat is the number one weather-related killer in the United States.
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Obama immigration plan: More is needed
In a PorkNetwork exclusive Q&A with Craig Regelbrugge, co-chair, Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform, he says that what the President has done is more of a stopgap measure than a real solution which will take an act of Congress.
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Use caution when driving, or following, livestock trailers
Understanding the consequences of potential mistakes that can occur while on the road can ensure humans' and animals' safety.
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Orient new employees on your farm
When you hire a new employee on your farm, you must perform several regulatory procedures, but you will also find there are benefits in making a priority of providing an orientation for the employee.
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Pork Quality Assurance webinar set for June 19
In June pork producers and their employees can gain certification in the Pork Quality Assurance Plus Program through webinar sessions across Nebraska.
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Commentary: Producers 1, kids zero
A final decision by the Obama administration’s Department of Labor to rescind proposed rules prohibiting many work-related activities by children under 16 is good news—at least for parents.
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DOL shuts book on child labor proposal
The Department of Labor (DOL) ruffled some feathers last year with proposed changes regarding child labor on farms. The DOL has now officially withdrawn their rule, a month after announcing their intent to do so.
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Commentary: Immigration war hitting too close to home
Finding a reliable agriculture workforce is becoming more and more difficult. Congress must get to the root of the immigration problem by providing a guest worker program that works for the entire agricultural sector.
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Commentary: You need to thank Domino’s
If you’re in agriculture in any way, shape or form, you need to get on the team to thank Domino’s Pizza for the fact that its shareholders stood up to the Humane Society of the United States’ (HSUS) attempt to tell them how to run their business. Because, while the current issue centers on gestation-sow stalls, tomorrow it could focus on cheese and dairies or wheat and GMOs or any number of issues that activists decide to target.
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Thank Domino’s; order a pizza
A grassroots movement is afoot among those who support U.S. agriculture. More specifically, social media is sending out the word far and wide to support Domino’s Pizza this weekend, May 18-20, by ordering a pie—or several.
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2012 Farm Manager of the Year Award nominations
Submit your nominations now for the 2012 Professional Farm Manager of the Year Award co-sponsored by Syngenta, the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA) and AgProfessional magazine.
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