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.

Latest Stories
A comfortable cow is a happy, productive cow.
The question before the dairy industry and USDA’s Dairy Industry Advisory Committee is where we go from here.
A simple check back in your records can give you a pretty good idea of whether your summer cow cooling practices are adequate.
Balancing dairy rations for rumen-protected amino acids is often an exercise in confusion. There are few hard and fast rules.
As more details emerge on the National Milk Producers Federation’s 2012 dairy policy proposal, there’s a lot to like
Evidence is mounting that cows housed in deep-bedded sand freestalls are outperforming cows on mattresses.
Cows like it not too hot, not too cold
Cross-vent barns for 600 and 3,000 cows mark opposite ends of scale
Feed efficiency overpowers extra energy use
GPS-guided auto-steering has not caught on as fast for dairy farmers as it has for their corn and soybean brethren who farm tabletop-flat prairies. But that’s changing, as pioneering dairy producers try to squeeze every advantage out of this constantly evolving technology.
Robots make calf feeding fun.
Employers, rather than employees, are the primary work-site targets of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Where to start when somatic cell counts exceed 400,000.
High-quality forage allows less corn in diets.
Feed prices spike your cost of production.