Current human resources management policies on Ontario swine farms were evaluated in terms of attracting, keeping, and motivating labor. A survey of swine farm employers and employees indicated that swine farm employees had lower wages, fewer benefits, and worked longer hours than their nonagricultural counterparts. Female employees were paid less than male employees even though there was no difference in other employment or educational characteristics. Employers indicated difficulty attracting employees, but their employee turnover rate was lower than in nonagricultural industries. No relationships were found between employer/farm characteristics and motivation proxies.Labor use in agriculture is being affected by two major trends. The first is a change in the composition of agricultural labor. The amount of labor in agriculture is decreasing, but as farms become fewer in number and larger in size, the likelihood of a farm employing full-time, permanent labor increases. For example, hired labor was 30% of total Canadian agricultural labor in 1983, up from 18% in 1961.'The second trend is an increasing shortage of skilled agricultural labor willing

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