Jim Dickrell

Jim Dickrell is the editor Dairy Herd Management and is based in Monticello, Minn. He has 27 years of publication experience, and also operated his family’s Wisconsin family dairy farm for three years following graduation from the University of Wisconsin—River Falls. He also holds a Masters Degree from Hamline University, St. Paul, Minn.

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Warm milk is necessary to maintain calves body temperatures and conserve energy.
Individually housed calves can take up to two days to find feed and water when they are first comingled with others at weaning.
There are some sources of feed shrink you might not think of that can be causing substantial losses in terms of feed used, ration formulation and poor performance.
Without intervention, 40% of calves that need more than minor assistance at birth will die.
If cows come into the dry period overconditioned, which is likely if they took longer to get pregnant, they’re already preconditioned to breeding delays in their next lactation.
Health records key to estimating costs of BRD in your herd
When cows are forced to compete for feed, they consume fewer, larger meals with reduced feeding time.
Freed up labor needs to be redirected toward cow management to make robot milking successful.
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The clock starts ticking on the EU somatic cell count limit on July 1.
USDA reporting increasing numbers of crossbred dairy cattle.
Crisis management drill hones ability to respond to emergencies.
Employers, rather than employees, are the primary work-site targets of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
High-quality forage allows less corn in diets.
Feed prices spike your cost of production.