Veterinarian Michelle Schack joins host Matti McBride on this episode of the Progressive Dairy Podcast to discuss the importance of employee training and management. Learn more about why documentation, communication and repetition matters regarding training.
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Season 7, Episode 4
Here is the episode breakdown:
- 0:50 – Schack’s background
- 1:40 – The importance of documentation
- 3:08 – Training at onboarding
- 6:00 – Schack explains how DairyKind works
- 7:20 – Schack’s suggestions for finding time for training
- 11:30 – Bridging language barriers
- 13:30 – Training is important regardless of operation size
- 16:40 – How proper documentation can protect against animal activists
- 22:35 – Rapid-fire questions
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