Farm and Ranch Personnel Management
Texas A&M University
People are an important resource in making a farm or ranch business more competitive in today's business environment. This publication summarizes ideas about modern personnel management that illustrate ways to attain a farm's or ranch's business goals through its people.

Human Resource Management: Employee Attraction and Selection Guide
Texas A&M University
Successful managers know that recruiting and training key personnel is critical to the health of any business. This publication discusses the five steps to recruiting and selecting the best employees.

Human Resource Management: Employee Compensation Guide
Texas A&M University
Employee compensation is important to successful employee recruitment, retention, motivation, performance, feedback and satisfaction. This publication explains the many alternatives employers have for creating compensation packages.

Agricultural Labor Management
University of California
This website offers numerous excellent resources on farm labor to farm employers and consultants, including electronic versions of several personnel management books.
Labor Management in Agriculture: Cultivating Personnel Productivity
Party-Directed Mediation: Helping Others Resolve Differences
Spanish Dictionary of Agriculture and HR Management

Ag Help Wanted: Guidelines for Managing Agricultural Labor
The Western Marketing and Management Extension Committee
Ag Help Wanted is an online educational guidebook designed to assist every person who currently manages or expects to manage human resources on farms, ranches, nurseries, dairies, and other agricultural operations. The book can be used as a source of ideas for improving management policies or practices, an occasional reference in coping with problems that arise, or a base for systematic study of human resource management in agriculture. It presents principles, practical examples, regulatory considerations, and leads to more references that all help equip managers to make choices that are reasonable, legal, and ultimately effective for both their businesses and the people they employ.