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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Upper Midwest dairy farmers generally pay less—much less, in fact—than producers in other regions.
‘The American food supply is abundant, nutritionally sound, affordable.’ Dr. Mehmet Oz
The Board recognizes the decision to authorize the sale of raw milk is a political decision. So it has offered legislators two options.
Wisconsin Governor says more state regulatory reform is needed to grow the state’s dairy industry.
Western states again led the decline, with New Mexico down 5.9%, Texas down 5%, Arizona down 4.5% and California down 3.5%.
Since the elimination of Federal Order #135, of which Idaho was a part, milk prices have eroded to the Class III price—or below.
New publication covers site selection, barn layout, conventional versus hoop barns, ventilation, bedding materials, aeration and winter management as well as economics.
Dairy Talk: And the debate goes on
The 2012 Elite Producer Business Conference will be held Nov. 5 – 7 in Las Vegas.
It’s not without irony that fiercely independent dairy producers out West might be looking to the federal government for help.
Midwest herds that average 20,000 lb. of milk per cow were 75¢/cwt short of covering even variable costs in September.
An on-line tool to help dairy farmers evaluate their operations’s risk of spreading Johne’s disease is now available.
The monitors are changing the way dairy producers detect heats and get early indications of health problems.
Some 1,400 to 1,800 fourth and fifth grade students will get their first ever look at where milk comes from.
‘Even the producers in the 24,000 lb./cow category are not meeting full costs and must find family living costs from some other source.’ --Robert Tigner, University of Nebraska Extension.