Bringing New Hands, New Ideas, and New Energy into the Agricultural Workforce

About this episode

This episode explores the challenges of labor in agriculture and introduces a collaboration focused on new ideas and energy in the workforce.

Every working ranch tells two stories, the one behind us, and the one we are still trying to write. This episode marks the beginning of a 10 episode limited series collaboration between Ranchers Stewardship Alliance and the Dan Scott Ranch Management Program. Together, the series focuses on one of the most pressing challenges facing agriculture today, labor. In Episode 1, host Haylie Shipp is joined by co host Rachel Frost and guest Marty Ropp to explore why the traditional agricultural labor...

People in this episode

Hosts: Haylie Shipp, Rachel Frost

Guest: Marty Ropp

Topics covered

• agricultural workforce
• labor challenges
• ranch management
• collaboration
• new ideas

Keywords

• agriculture
• labor
• ranching
• workforce
• collaboration
• new ideas
• challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, Dan Scott Ranch Management Program

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