1. International Farm Manager and/ or Herdmanager at large scale dairy farms
How to coach a student in order to become a hands-on manager
who fits perfectly in our large scale dairy operation?
Jeroen Nolles – CAH Dronten

2. Developments in dairy Do you recognize this? Upgrading Dairies
Technical prodictivity, globalisation, large scale
Importance of herd and farm management – the crucial key factor!
1000 cows is NOT 10 x 100 cows
Worldwide demand farm managers or herdmanagers for large scale farms
Entrepreneur is not the manager
Do you recognize this?

3. Farm manager = KEY-person!
Farm manager by appropriate people management:
Motivate people
Let them work on suitable places
Develop a team
Hands on and excellent on the job …
Then you may expect good technical results and of course financial benefits!

4. How to educate this KEY-person?
Project GDF and Applied Universities in NL:
International large scale dairy farm manager
Global Dairy Farmers (Bram Prins)
CAH Dronten (HBO)
Groenhorst Barneveld (MBO)
VanHall Leeuwarden (HBO)
PTC+ (Practical Training Center)
Green Knowledge Cooperation

5. How to educate this KEY-person - goals presentation
Inform you about perspectives for well-educated large scale dairy farm/ herd managers
Create a WIN – WIN situation to coach
competent dairy farm managers
How are you creating the WIN WIN situation? This doesn’t appear in the rest of the presentation. What do you mean by Input Global Dairy Farmer, we are on the right way?

6. Vacancy: International Dairy Farm Manager
Competent Dairy Specialist and manager of employees
Interested in managing large scale dairy farm entrepreneurships in an international context
You are an energetic personality who:
Inspires and coaches resulting in employees who are self responsible for their daily tasks
Has excellent communicative skills
Is focussed on objectives and solutions for daily problems with respect for optimal financial and technical farm results
Feels responsible for investor, employees, herd, society and environment
Is (able to be) an example in daily practices with cow handling

7. Design one year program
Student ready for first management function at a large scale dairy facility
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One year program for students
Contents: Basic knowledge; analysis of techniques; training on the job

8. Contents hands-on education program
Tactic and operational farm management
Focus on cows with respect to financial consequences
Organisation of employees
Focus on employees respect to financial consequences
Effective relation management in relation with function and entrepreneurship
Focus on society, environment and professional networks
Personal development
Focus on myself and personal development

9. Entrepreneurs wishes? Insight in quality study program
Contact with students
Available for cases?
Problems where students can focus on?
Data available cases/ classes?
Available for practical training period?
Participating in courses (via webcam)?
Timetable practical? One year program or is there a demand for short-term courses?

10. How to continue?
CAH has >2 years experience – September starts an improved version!
Experience: 10 courses for farmers who are intending to achieve a large scale dairy operation
Input Global Dairy Farmers, we are on the right way with chairman Bram Prins
Create together a WIN – WIN up to competent dairy farm managers
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11. Thank you for your attention and input!
For more information just contact me!
Jeroen Nolles
Majorcoordinator Livestock Science
CAH Dronten
De Drieslag 1
8251 JZ Dronten
Phone: +31 (0)
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Homepage: ( )

12. Background information speaker
Jeroen Nolles
Dairy farmer in The Netherlands
80 cows, 55 ha grassland
CAH Dronten – Majorcoordinator Livestock
Mission statement CAH: entrepreneurs attitude
Classes, student coaching, projects
Chairman Netherlands Society of Grassland and Fodder Crops
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