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General Organization
and Personnel Management

  • Ag Help Wanted: Guidelines for Managing Agricultural Labor
    Howard R. Rosenberg, Richard Carkner, John P. Hewlett, Lorne Owen, Trent Teegerstrom, Jeffrey E. Tranel, Randy R. Weigel, Western Farm Management Extension Committee, August 2002
    Ag Help Wanted is an educational guidebook designed to assist every person who currently manages or expects to manage human resources on farms, ranches, nurseries, dairies, and other agricultural operations.
  • Farm and Personnel Policies by Computer
    Norman J. Hetland and Howard R. Rosenberg, 1991
    Policies can save much administrative time and help reduce the incidence of supervisory decisions that violate a public law or a private sense of fairness.
  • Human Resources Risk Management
    Robert A. Milligan, Cornell University, October 1998
    Powerpoint presentation discussing human resource issues in agriculture.
  • Managing Anger Through Effective Family Meetings
     Robert J. Fetsch, Cooperative Extension Service Colorado State University, December 1999
         Many ranch and farm families today experience high levels of stress due to low cash flow, long work hours, unpredictable prices for commodities, constant mixing of work and family life, working side by side with several generations, and demanding physical labor.  All of . . .
  • Managing Dairy Labor
    Jeffrey F. Keown, Unversity of Missouri-Columbia Extension, October 1993
    Perhaps the most important decision you make in dairy operation is hiring and keeping the right employee. Hiring a person not suited to your operation can be catastrophic.
  • Managing Farm Labor
    Herman E. Workman, University of Missouri-Columbia Extension, October 1993
    Farm labor management involves getting and keeping quality farm labor. This means farmers must compete with non-farm employers for skilled workers.
  • Managing for the Millennium
    Clark A Roberts, University of Illinois, August 1998
    A general risk education presentation for PowerPointŪ 97.
  • Managing Risk in Agriculture
    George F. Patrick, Cooperative Extension Service Purdue University, May 1992
    Decision making in a risky environment also involves attitudes toward risk, ability to bear risk, and formation of expectations about the future.
  • Positive Labor Relations for Apple Production
    Mike Gempler, Washington Growers League Northern Broadcasting System
    It takes the right blend of growers and field employees, working hard, smart and fast to plant, cultivate and harvest one of the tastiest and healthiest crops anywhere.
  • Ranching and Farming with Family Members
         Robert J. Fetsch, Cooperative Extension Service Colorado State University, December 1999
    Often efforts to reach economic goals are blocked by unresolved issues when agricultural operations involve two or more generations.  Building skills in communication, goal-setting, decision-making, role negotiation, problem solving, conflict resolution, and strategic . . .
  • The Human Side of Human Resource Management Ranch Operations
    Randy R. Weigel, University of Wyoming
    Most farm management textbooks mention the human resource component of agricultural operations. Chapter’s discuss several topics, from labor management to managing human capital.
        Hand out, May. 1999

 

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