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The Role of Visa Workers in Swine Production
One of the lesser-talked-about but crucial dynamics in swine live production is the role of visa-supported employees. In the 2025 Swine Live Production Industry Insights Survey, nearly half of respondents reported that more than 25% of their workforce is on a TN or similar visa. Specifically, 30.6% reported that more than half of their [...]
Will Poultry Managers Stay? 12-Month Retention Outlook
We recently asked professionals in our Poultry Live Production Industry Insights survey whether they expect to remain with their current employer over the next 12 months. The topline result looks reassuring at first glance because most respondents lean toward staying. With 66.67% selecting enthusiastic “Yes!” and another 7.69% selecting “Yes,”—a clear majority of respondents [...]
Uncapped Is the Standard—So Candidates Expect It
“Uncapped commission” used to be a headline perk. In animal sciences sales today, it’s increasingly just… normal. In our Animal Sciences Sales Industry Insights Survey (2025), a majority of respondents said their incentive pay is uncapped (52.41%), compared with 30.48% capped, and 17.11% with no incentive pay. That’s a signal of what sales professionals [...]
The New Non-Negotiables in Animal Sciences Sales
The most obvious read of the survey is also the loudest: people don’t leave first because of money. They leave because of management and company culture. When 82.89% select “Management/company culture” as a top reason sales professionals leave, that’s the market saying, “I can handle the grind, but I can’t handle how I’m [...]
Why Poultry Live Production Managers Leave Even When the Pay Is Good
When I read these as a recruiter, I see a workforce that is not behaving like people who are constantly chasing the next paycheck. The finding of our Poultry Live Production Industry Insights survey feels so telling to me, because long hours and workload at 58.97% show up as the strongest reasons managers leave, [...]
Sow Farm Manager Is The #1 “Hardest Role To Fill”
It ranked highest at 40.28% (29/72), ahead of Dept/Assistant Manager (31.94%). I’ll be honest: I didn’t expect this. I created this survey quite confident that sow farm managers would not rank as the hardest or longest role to fill. In the past, I’ve filled Sow Farm Manager roles in as fast as two [...]
