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Cross Country: Dairy consultants give farmers needed information

….Jim Barmore of Verona has been providing technical service and management consulting to dairies for more than 25 years. He has a master?s degree in dairy nutrition from UW-Madison and spent a dozen years with Madison-based Vita Plus, a major livestock nutrition provider, and Monsanto before opening his Five-Star Dairy Consulting in 2003. Barmore explains his role as an independent dairy consultant as one of offering the dairy producer information and understanding of the many factors affecting the dairy operation: feed management, monitoring herd records, herd health, manager development, systems development, facilities and cow comfort, and risk management among them.