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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Land O’Lakes gets creative in funding California digesters.
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The FARM Program requires that each participating dairy have a Herd Health Plan in place that includes pain mitigation for disbudding and dehorning.