Managing people is harder than managing cows.
Your cows show up twice a day, every day, no questions asked. Your people? They have kids who get sick. Cars that break down. Vacations they forgot to mention.
And somehow, you're supposed to keep track of all of it while also running a farm.
The real reason good employees leave dairy farms.
It's not the early mornings. It's not the manure. It's not even the pay.
It's the chaos. The last-minute schedule changes. The “can you cover tomorrow?” texts at 9pm. The feeling that they can never actually plan their life.
“The farms that keep their best people aren't the ones that pay the most. They're the ones that respect their time.”
When your team can see the schedule weeks in advance — when they can request time off without playing phone tag — when they know exactly what's expected of each shift — everything changes.
They stop feeling like they're always on call. You stop feeling like you're always putting out fires.
A schedule your whole team can actually see.
Drag and drop to build shifts. Publish to the team. Done. Everyone sees the same schedule, from the same source, updated in real time.
No more “I thought I was off.” No more “Nobody told me.” No more Sunday nights spent texting everyone to confirm Monday's plan.
The insight that changes everything.
Your schedule isn't just a list of who's working when. It's a promise to your team that you respect their time as much as you respect the work.
Farms that figure this out don't just retain employees. They attract the kind of people who make the whole operation better.
What this actually looks like
- Build next month's schedule in 15 minutes, not 2 hours
- See who's available before you start asking around
- Track hours to avoid surprise overtime
- Know instantly if someone calls in sick
- Check the schedule from their phone, anytime
- Request time off without awkward conversations
- Swap shifts with coworkers (with your approval)
- Know exactly what's expected each shift
Ready to stop playing schedule Tetris?
Staff Scheduling is included in CATTLEytics Essentials and above. See how it fits your operation.