Electronic Farm Call

We would like to hear from you. You can send a question, comment, or suggestion directly to one of our academic staff by clicking on a name below. If you have a question that one of us can't answer, we will do our level best to either get you a response from or refer you to someone who can.

Click a name to send private e-mail:

Gregory Encina Billikopf

emphases: Agricultural labor management beyond strictly compliance issues, including: employee selection (especially the use of practical tests), pay structure, incentive pay, performance appraisal, supervision, interpersonal communication, delegation, conflict management, negotiation skills, and discipline and termination.

Howard Rosenberg

emphases: Management of personnel in agriculture, and related public policy issues. Organization and job design, employee selection, training and development, supervision, and compensation, especially as affected by laws and regulations, production technology, and labor market conditions.

Dan Sumner

emphases: National and international agricultural policy, labor economics.

Steve Sutter

emphases: Personnel management issues and practices (immigration law compliance, posting requirements, general health and safety, pesticide worker safety, field sanitation, compensation, written policies, job descriptions, application forms, collective bargaining and labor relations, sexual harassment, payroll taxation) facing growers, packers, and labor contractors.

We will, of course, treat your private correspondence confidentially. You can tap into a larger pool of expertise and ideas by participating in Internet discussion groups, where messages from members are "posted" for all others to read.

Or Search the Directory of all staff in the UC Division of Agricultural and Natural Resources--by subject specialty, location, department, or name--to locate the Cooperative Extension and Experiment Station personnel who best can help you.

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