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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Farm numbers have declined 6,861, a 30% drop between May 2000 and May 2011. Milk production from the remaining farms is up 29%.
Effective July 1, herds larger than the trigger levels will be required to have 180 days of manure storage, up from the current 120-day limit.
PepsiCo is looking to dairy ingredients and new product development to fill specific nutritional niches.
Look for price setting opportunities. Take advantage when you can. Error on the side of protecting margins.
Cooperatives Working Together has accepted 20 requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America, Darigold, Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative, Michigan Milk Producers Association and United Dairymen of Arizona.
The largest losses came from herds with 50 to 99 cows, down 1,000 herds.
There will be a greater incentive to cull low producers this month and next as lower milk prices make their way through the system.
U.S. dairy exports are up 30% to $4.8 billion. Even December export values were up 23% over a year ago, and fourth-quarter sales were up 28%.
For the year, ERS expects the All-Milk price to average from $18.30 to $19.10/cwt.
It makes reporting completely web-based, which will speed the data collection process.
The N-Box allows real-time analysis rather than waiting two days for samples to be shipped and run at a far-off lab.
There are three reasons why U.S. dairy producers should embrace dairy exports: Volume, volume, volume.
FDA says it is taking the action to preserve the effectiveness of cephalosporin drugs for treating diseases in humans.
The Pennsylvana all-milk price could average $2 less than last year, accoring to current dairy futures prices.
U.S. farms pumped out 196.2 billion pounds of milk last year, a record, up from 192.8 in 2010. Cow numbers were also up 80,000 head (0.9%) over a year ago.