Abstract:
As economies of size become fundamentally important in production
agriculture, farm sizes continually increase. For dairy producers, this results in larger
herds, more acres of crop production, and more full-time, non-owner employees,
which result in more human resource management concerns. Research is needed to
better understand the human resource aspects of the dairy industry. This research
quantifies and illustrates the internal pay structure and enumerates the current
employee satisfaction levels present on the farms of members of the Northeast Dairy
Producers Association (NEDPA)
