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health.
Changes in school, he recom
mended, were using plastic con
tainers instead of cardboard,
gable-topped containers, making
sure the product is cold, and
making the milk available not
only in the cafeteria line, but also
in vending machines.
In addition to Lord, three
speakers combined to speak
about building a successive dairy
industry.
Carl Theunis, Wisconsin, dis
cussed transitioning a business.
Theunis stressed the importance
of teaching family members while
they are “working alongside of
us,” he said.
“Give your children a chance,”
he said. “Let them be involved in
the decision-making now.” Hav
ing meetings where family mem
bers decide goals or make projec
tions, he said, is an integral part
of the transition process.
The golden rule of leadership,
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people up by building their self
esteem.
It is also critical to pass on a
positive attitude. “Make sure that
as they’re small, and growing up,
that they know the importance of
working in agriculture,” he said.
“A winner empowers, a loser
confronts,” he said. “A winner
sees opportunity, a losers sees
problem.”
Theunis, who has four sons,
cited a few transition planning
questions, such as, who will take
responsibility? Is the business
structure for change/succession?
Are those stepping into responsi
bility ready for change?
Sharon Zimmerman, Meadow
view Farms, Reinolds, is involved
with a 650-cow operation that
employs six full-time and nine
part-time people.
The dairy recently went
through a major expansion after
a 3-4 year planning process.
Off-farm experience in a plant
nursery helped Zimmerman, she
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She also learned prioritization
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training, listening to, and asking
questions of employees are also
important in her work at the
family dairy operation.
Establishing routines and
meeting a budget are also impor
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back to the family, she said, to
work on the challenge of expan
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“Successful farming from
generation to generation does not
just happen. It’s a process that
you need to prepare for. You
need to address concerns of em
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and pasture, also discussed inter
generational family farming.
Young, a past Pennsylvania
FFA president and involved with
mission work, draws on his col
lege degree and other varied ex
periences as he works on the
farm.
Although his life’s experience
may have pointed him more to
ward the business world, he re
turned to the farm to enjoy the
quality of life, flexibility, and
time for family and service that
agriculture offers.
Farming “provides challenge
and fulfillment, and puts my
skills to work,” he said.
Although Young said that his
talents are not in outdoor work,
but in administrative arena,
“What skill set is required to be
effective in agriculture?” he
asked. “Each one of us plays an
important part on moving the op
eration forward.”
Young wanted to benefit both
him and the farm, and uses his
skills to “put feet and legs under
the ideas of the organization,” he
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“As an industry, we need to
check our mindset about what a
dairy farmer must look like."
Red Knob Farms, he believes, has
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that with other employees with
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