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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If feed isn’t mixed and fed properly, balancing rations to the nth decimal point doesn’t really matter.
The cause traces back to basic cow physiology, milk production and feed intake.
One of the first lessons Penn State’s Tara Felix tries to teach newbie dairy beef feeders is that cattle raised for beef need grain, not forage.
Transplants could create unique, year-round beef marketing opportunity for dairy herds
Little research exists as to which beef bulls work best.
Genetic selection goals may have to be adjusted
Wisconsin, known nationally as the nation’s dairy state, lost 818 dairy farms in 2019, a full 10% of its dairy herds.
One of the first lessons Penn State’s Tara Felix tries to teach newbie dairy beef feeders is that cattle raised for beef need grain, not forage.
High cell counts at first test sap profits.
Profits jump $1.20 to $1.75/cwt.
Large dairy operations tend to have lower green house gas footprints because of more efficient feed conversion.
10-year, 7-herd study also shows lower health costs.
The ban is not immediate and will take at least two years to implement.
Colostrum replacers are convenient, but they come at a price
Successfully preserving stalklage is not that different from making good corn silage or haylage.