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Many dairy farms across the state rely on their Hispanic employees to carry out some of the most important day-to-day duties on the farm: milking cows, caring for calves and assisting with calvings to name a few. On this page you will find English/Spanish resources to assist in training employees for various jobs on the farm as well as resources to help you better manage your employees.    




Monkeypox: Educate your Farm Employees

Kaitlyn Lutz, VMD, Bilingual Dairy Management Specialist
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops

Last Modified: August 12, 2022
Monkeypox: Educate your Farm Employees

Although we are still all dealing with and trying to recover from a global pandemic, we now need to be aware of a new disease emerging throughout the USA: Monkeypox. 


Dairy Cattle Lameness Videos- in Spanish!

Kaitlyn Lutz, VMD, Bilingual Dairy Management Specialist
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops

Last Modified: August 2, 2022
Dairy Cattle Lameness Videos- in Spanish!

This past March, CCE regional teams and Pro-Dairy teamed up to host a webinar on Understanding and Mitigating Lameness. We had a great attendance and had a few participants ask if we would be offering the webinar in Spanish. We have made 4 animated videos, in Spanish, highlighting the key concepts that were presented during the webinar.


Dairy Training Resources

Kaitlyn Lutz, VMD, Bilingual Dairy Management Specialist
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops

Last Modified: August 1, 2022

This document will guide you to many of the resources available for training dairy farm employees.  Topics include:

  • Safety
  • Animal Handling
  • Calf Care
  • Milk Quality
  • Calving Assistance
  • Reproduction
  • Herd Health
  • Lameness/Hoof Trimming
  • Forages/Feeding
  • Creating Human Resource Management Documents
  • Employee Housing
  • Learning Spanish/English

Dairy Culture Coach Winter 2020

Libby Eiholzer, Bilingual Dairy
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops

Last Modified: December 18, 2020
Dairy Culture Coach Winter 2020

Check out the latest issue of the Dairy Culture Coach: 

  • Communicating with Your Multicultural Team
  • What's Happening in Mexico and Guatemala
  • Recognizing Your Team
  • Covid-19 



Dairy Culture Coach Fall 2020

Libby Eiholzer, Bilingual Dairy
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops

Last Modified: September 24, 2020
Dairy Culture Coach Fall 2020

Check out the latest issue of the Dairy Culture Coach! 

  • COVID-19 Update
  • Flu Season is Here
  • Influenza (gripe) / Influenza (flu)
  • Somatic Cell Count / Conteo de Células Somáticas
  • Keep SCC Low / Mantener bajo el CCS

Dairy Culture Coach Summer 2020

Libby Eiholzer, Bilingual Dairy
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops

Last Modified: July 27, 2020
Dairy Culture Coach Summer 2020

The latest issue of the Dairy Culture Coach is out, including the following:

  • New and Effective Method for Cockroach Control
  • What is the Census? 
  • ¿Qué es el Censo?
  • Encuesta Sobre COVID-19  Survey (For industry, dairy producers, and dairy farm workers)
  • Spanish Farm Management Program Inquiry
  • Farmworker Survey about COVID-19 from NYCAMH

Thanks and as always please reach out with any questions or comments!


Dairy Culture Coach Spring 2020

Libby Eiholzer, Bilingual Dairy
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops

Last Modified: April 8, 2020
Dairy Culture Coach Spring 2020

The latest issue of the Dairy Culture Coach includes the following topics:

  • Reliable Resources for Spanish- & English-Speaking Farmworkers about COVID-19
  • Spanish Webinar: Mastitis Treatment Decisions
  • Growing Great People Webinars
  • Bring Your Own Bag

Dairy Culture Coach December 2019

Libby Eiholzer, Bilingual Dairy
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops

Last Modified: December 20, 2019
Dairy Culture Coach December 2019

The latest issue of the Dairy Culture Coach includes the following topics: 

  • An Overview of The Farm Laborer Fair Labor Practices Act (FLFLPA)
  • Tools to help you make management decisions related to the FLFLPA
  • Vocabulary related to the FLFLPA
  • Additional resources on the FLFLPA

Please feel free to contact Libby with questions, to subscribe to the newsletter, or to make suggestions for future content.  geg24@cornell.edu or 607-793-4847.


Dairy Culture Coach September 2019

Libby Eiholzer, Bilingual Dairy
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops

Last Modified: September 30, 2019
Dairy Culture Coach September 2019

The latest issue of the Dairy Culture Coach includes the following topics: 

  • Improving Human Resource Management
  • Silage Harvest Vocabulary
  • The Importance of Corn
  • La Importancia del Maíz
  • Consulate Updates

Please feel free to contact Libby with questions, to subscribe to the newsletter, or to make suggestions for future content.  geg24@cornell.edu or 607-793-4847.


Human Resource Management Self-Assessment

Libby Eiholzer, Bilingual Dairy
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops

Last Modified: August 26, 2019

This self-assessment is designed to help you evaluate the human resource management practices on your farm and help you prioritize areas for improvement.


Dairy Culture Coach June 2019

Libby Eiholzer, Bilingual Dairy
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops

Last Modified: July 8, 2019
Dairy Culture Coach June 2019

The latest issue of the Dairy Culture Coach includes the following topics:

  • Human Resource Management on Dairy Farms
  • Summer Housing Reminders
  • Recordatorios Sobre las Casas en el Verano
  • Animal Handling Webinars
  • Seminarios Web Sobre el Manejo de Animales

Please feel free to contact Libby with questions, to subscribe to the newsletter, or to make suggestions for future content.  geg24@cornell.edu or 607-793-4847.


Dairy Culture Coach March 2019

Libby Eiholzer, Bilingual Dairy
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops

Last Modified: April 2, 2019
Dairy Culture Coach March 2019

The latest issue of the Dairy Culture Coach includes the following topics:

  • Learning English for Spanish Speakers
  • Aprendiendo Inglés para Hispanohablantes
  • Milking Vocabulary
  • Milk Flow Graphs
  • Gráficas de Flujo de Leche
  • What's a Dicho?





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