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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World Dairy Expo has expanded its Outdoor Trade Mall for 2010. An additional 19,000 square feet of prime booth space, the equivalent of adding another Arena Building, has been added to the east side of the Exhibition Hall.
Dairy economists from the Universities of Missouri and Wisconsin, as part of their 11-part series on dairy policy, point out the two-edged nature of these agreements.
The National Dairy Board elects its 2010 officers.
Cornell University dairy scientists found “no meaningful differences” in the nutritional value of conventionally produced milk, milk produced without rBst or organic milk.
A change in milk pricing premiums to Pennsylvania dairy producers will result in added revenues for the state’s dairy farmers.
USDA reported this afternoon that milk production rose 1.4% in November over last year in the 23 major dairy states.
A new study reports that low somatic cell counts and mastitis prevention are key to reducing new clinical cases after calving.
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) announced Monday that it accepted eight export assistance bids last week for the sale of butter, anhydrous milkfat and whole milk powder.
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted bids for export sales of Cheddar cheese to the Middle East and Asia.
The National Milk Producers Federation’s board of directors overwhelmingly agreed today to move forward with a variety of changes in federal dairy policies.
UW-Dairy Repro$ is a decision support system that allows dairy producers to calculate and compare the economic value of dairy reproductive programs.
Rabobank International has released its annual list of top 20 global dairy companies.
Nominations are now being accepted for the title of the Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year.
Harry DeWit of Friona, Texas, was named the 2009 Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year this week at the International Dairy Foods Association’s Dairy Forum 2009.
Dairy producers sent 9,000 fewer cows to federally inspected slaughter plants in November compared to a year ago, a 4% decline, according to USDA’s Livestock Slaughter Report released this morning.