Better Decisions: Does an incentive plan have a place in your business?

by GARY MAWHINEY

For several years, producers have been looking for ways to provide their workers with an incentive-based pay scale. The mostly commonly used form, particularly in the seasonal operations, has been the bonus system whereby a worker received extra pay just for completing the season.

But people employed in supervisory positions on horticulture farms have been seeing something different in the past few years.

Better Farming December 2007