Becoming the Employer of Choice is geared for current and future dairy farm managers/owners looking to improve their human resource management awareness skills. The program includes hands-on activities to engage managers to increase management awareness and ability. Interactive sessions aim to build skills in a wide variety of human resource management topics important to farm businesses. Learn from other farmers and managers to take home effective and practical approaches to human resource management on farms. Topics will include:

— Retention: Keeping Good Employees From Leaving — Chalking the Field

— The Farm Business Culture – Jennifer Blazek, Dane County Dairy & Livestock Agent