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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Higher production does not guarantee profitability, but it does provide the opportunity to pay more bills as long as costs are contained.
Currently, processors are required to give just 28 days notice.
The key is to move cattle more frequently during wet weather.
The program has reached about 38 million students, and has awarded more than $48 million in grants to schools for improved school wellness programs.
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Reducing feed shrink is a good place to start.
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