Jim Versweyveld

First impressions matter: Take steps to improve the employee onboarding experience on your dairy

Five areas to cover when onboarding a new employee include the initial welcome, general information and procedures, an overview of work hours and pay, a review of the employee’s job description and an emphasis on employee safety and well-being.

June 9, 2023

Jim Versweyveld

“Onboarding" refers to the process in which new hires are integrated into the organization.

Protect your lungs from invisible hazards

Safety considerations to protect dairy farmers and employees from hazards involved with grain dust, manure storage and farm chemicals.

December 9, 2022

Jim Versweyveld and John Shutske

Efforts to keep yourself and your workers safe should include a look at potential respiratory hazards that anyone who works on a dairy farm may encounter. Dairy producers are routinely exposed to a wide variety of respiratory hazards on the farm including dusts, molds, vapors, and gases.

Keeping your people cool and comfortable is key to good health

July 21, 2022

Jim Versweyveld and John Shutske

Each summer, dairy producers and their employees work through days of extreme heat and humidity. In recent years, the “dog days” of summer with high heat and humidity levels have started earlier, and dangerous conditions are occurring with a greater frequency in many dairy regions of the country.

Anhydrous ammonia: It’s time to review employee safety

March 31, 2022

Jim Versweyveld

It’s a sure sign of spring when we see those white steel cylindrical tanks again beginning to dot the landscape. Spring is also a great time to review your farm’s anhydrous ammonia safety program with employees, so it’s top-of-mind as they begin field work.

Articles by Jim Versweyveld

First impressions matter: Take steps to improve the employee onboarding experience on your dairy

Protect your lungs from invisible hazards

Keeping your people cool and comfortable is key to good health

Anhydrous ammonia: It’s time to review employee safety

Adding IgY makes milk replacer better

Challenge for a cure

Building immune function for the feedlot starts in the cow

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