Dairy Farm Manager Case Study

What is the cost savings of having a more productive employee?

In this example both farm managers work on a dairy operation of 200 hectares.

Farm Manager 1 (Self recruiting) 800 kg/ha ms production 160,000 kg $7 per kg/ms = $1,120,000 $4,000 recruitment fees (ad placements, reading through resumes,interviews) @ 50% FWE= $560,000 profit

Farm Manager 2 (Utilising Rural Directions) 1,000 kg/ha ms production 200,00 kg $7 per kg/ms = 1,400,000 $9,500 recruitment fees (ad placement, targeted emails, database of more than 2,500 candidates, reference checks, shortlist) @ 50% FWE= $700,000 profit