Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship Offers Opportunities
June 29, 2018
June 29, 2018
MOUNTAIN GROVE, Missouri, June 29 -- The University of Missouri College of Food and Natural Resources issued the following news release:
Five to 10 percent of dairy farms close each year, in part because of a lack of skilled laborers, says University of Missouri Extension dairy specialist Ted Probert. To help the dairy industry survive, a national nonprofit organization has created an apprenticeship program to fill positions currently held by farmers whose average age is 59.
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Five to 10 percent of dairy farms close each year, in part because of a lack of skilled laborers, says University of Missouri Extension dairy specialist Ted Probert. To help the dairy industry survive, a national nonprofit organization has created an apprenticeship program to fill positions currently held by farmers whose average age is 59.
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