A University of Wisconsin Extension educator says many farmers have to learn how to manage people along with the crops and livestock. Jim Verswayveld says, “It may not be people’s favorite. It may not be what they signed up for, and so as farms get larger, and the related workforces on those farms gets larger, it becomes more and more of a challenging thing.”
Verswayveld tells Brownfield research from UW agricultural engineering professor John Shutske shows the cost of not filling an open position can equal one-third of a year’s wages.
