Testimonials
"The guys really enjoyed the day and your presentation. I am very happy to see their interest in improvement. Thank you for your pointers - looking forward to seeing you in the spring (hopefully with great results in hand)."
Melanie Sommers
B.Sc Ag
NEWBRABANT FARMS LTD
Ontario, Canada
"Thank you for your coming to China and bringing us your kind support. We really benefited a lot from your coming this time. Through your lectures and dairy visits, dairy producers learned a great deal of advanced ideas and experiences about feeding TMR to our cows. Furthermore, your coming has helped us enhance level of our producer seminar and deepened trust of our customers. Thank you again for all your efforts. Sincerely welcome you to Rizhao and China at any time."
Tiger Jiao
Easent China
"Felix has conducted a labor training session for our senior dairy management students each of the last 2 years. The students really find the information useful and rank the session high. The Dairy Science Department and students are very appreciative of the donation of time by both Felix and his sponsor VICOR."
Dr. Mark Hanigan
Dept. of Dairy Science
Virginia Tech.
¨Felix, I spoke with Dave and he was very very happy with the outcome of the meeting with the milkers at the farm. He seemed bowled over by you and your talks and what you brought to the table so I think we should target follow up meetings with him. Also, he mentioned to me that other feed companies dangled in front of him guys that could work with his employees but he does not think anyone of them can compare to you."
Kevin Kouri, MS, PAS
Nutritional Consultant
Poulin Grain, VT
"Felix, just wanted to say thanks for speaking at our Dairy Management Workshops. I heard many good things from dairy producers, so you had an impact!"
Bob Lefebvre
Executive Director
Minnesota Milk Producers Association
"Overall, the bonus program you helped us develop and implement with our milkers has been very useful. Our SCC dropped below our goal of 200,000 and also helped reduce medicine costs and improved breeding.
Just looking at benefits due to increase milk rebates, last year we made an extra net profit of almost $48,000 thanks to the bonus program we implemented with our workers.
Thanks for your help!"
Karen & Andrew
Glenville Farms
"We have been working with Felix for almost 2 years now and he has helped us streamline work beyond our expectations. By providing us with examples and advice, he has helped us create multiple SOP'S, job outlines and descriptions . The results have been improved milk quality and a reduction in milking time by almost 30%. Implimenting changes with Felix is easier because the employees enjoy his visits. When Felix leaves after a training session they have a new understanding of why their job is important. This creates the all important 'buy in' we need from our employees"
Dan & Shawn Gingue
Gingue Brothers Dairy, LLC
Fairfax, VT
¨On behalf of the organizers of the Redefining Dairy Expansion meeting held last week in Listowel we thank you for the help expertise you gave the producers in attendance. Your presentations were the key note talks that our producers were seeking and the warm applause at the conclusion of each of your presentations was a clear indication of the importance of your advise and thoughts.
We look forward to your help and expertise to growing our business through value-added producer information meetings."
Don Whitelaw
Vice President, Finance
Nieuwland Feed and Supply Limited
¨Felix Soriano from APN Consulting, LLC gave a presentation to the entire staff on our farm. The presentation was very well received by managers and milkers alike. His presentation style is very interactive, and he does a wonderful job of explaining how we can improve our milking procedures, and why each step is important. At the end of the session, we had a list of agreed upon protocols that the milkers helped to create, and list of quantitative benchmarks that we, as a group, can monitor to track our progress in the parlour.
The presentation was non-confrontational, and we found that all the milkers felt better for having a chance to discuss parlour issues, and creating a negotiated set of standard operating procedures. It was a very worthwhile endeavor.”
Ben Loewith
Summitholm Holsteins
ON, Canada
¨Poulin Grain Started working with APN in April 2007, APN has expanded our ability to service our customers and Field Nutritionist in several ways. Felix has a great ability to analyze issues and discover opportunities working with farm employees and team members. His broad knowledge allows him to support multiple farm enterprises Milking, Feeding, Calves and Nutrition. Working with APN has given Poulin Grain a definite advantage in the market place!¨
Mike Tetreault
Senior
Vice President / General Manager
Poulin Grain
¨It has been over a year since you have been consulting for our company. The response from our customers to the services you have provided on behalf of Vi-COR has been extraordinarily well received. The value you bring with your message and presentation skills sets you apart from so many other consultants we have dealt with in the past.
We highly value your services and view them as a compliment to the rest of our teams skill set.
Thank you for all you do for us here at Vi-COR and for being an important part of the services we offer our clients.¨
Mark G. Holt
President
Varied Industries Corporation
¨Felix, everyone enjoyed your presentation on calf feeding management and mycotoxins, as did I. I learned a lot from your presentation. You are a class act and it was our honor to have you present for Vi-Cor at our producer meeting. I look forward to working with you again!"
Ike Cunningham
South Central Regional Sales Manager
Vicor
¨We have implemented monthly management meetings on some dairies with managers and employees, set up protocols from parlor procedures to calf feeding and heat detection. He has been a valuable resource to myself, my producers, and Poulin Grain. The feedback has been outstanding and he has brought the service I bring to the farm one more notch higher. Not only does Felix bring his personnel skills to the farm, but it also gives me a second set of eyes on issues that may have arisen on the nutritional management of the herds I work with. I highly recommend Felix for such needs with Hispanic labor on dairies and I hope to continue to grow our professional relationship together and with key accounts I work with. Working with APN Consulting is an asset that I cannot go without! ¨
Kevin Kouri, MS, PAS
Nutritional Consultant
Poulin Grain, VT
¨Some of the benefits I've seen since working with APN Consulting are:
* More engaged and better trained employees.
* Successful team building.
* Better understanding and awareness of milkers about the key role they play on the overall farm performance and profitability.
The training sessions and work with the middle managers has been very successful in developing their leadership skills. Furthermore, the negotiated performance appraisals done with these middle managers have helped me better understand and identify areas where I can help them.
Finally, I value a lot the helpful ideas that Felix always has to share from his experience working with large dairies from all around the country."
Andrew Laffey - Glenville Farms
Owner
Chester County
Pennsylvania
¨Working with APN Consulting we have seen immense improvement among our milking team. Because of Felix´s Hispanic background our Hispanics can relate and are very comfortable around him.
With Felix we feel we have begun to break the language barrier and have allowed our team the chance to strive for excellence.¨
David Pyle, Herd Manager
Paul Dotterer & Sons
