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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Applying manure to snow-covered, frozen or saturated soils increases the risk of nutrient loss.
Review insurance policies at least annually, if not more often.
The Guide illustrates the interactions of many of the agents that cause mastitis.
Gains are positive for all breeds for all Merit Indexes:Lifetime, Cheese, Fluid and Grazing.
Runoff rates of soil and nutrients in the corn interseeded with alfalfa are also substantially reduced.
The first cohort of 20 students is expected to begin classes in August 2021.
Crossbreds now make up 5% of cows on test.
The traits include: Displaced abomasum, milk fever, ketosis, mastitis, metritis and retained placenta.
Antibiotic residues in milk reached their lowest level in 24 years.
Details of the incident are still sketchy.
Using a stepped down approach in milk feeding should drive additional starter intake and reduce post weaning health problems.
The new website will educate consumers about how real dairy foods compare to imitators.
Some 15 to 20% of newborn dairy calves develop umbilical cord infections after birth.
Deadline is extended one week to December 20.
Plaintiffs alleged CWT Herd Retirement Program unfairly raised dairy product prices,