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Jim Van Patter: Decades of experience dairying around the world

Jim Van Patter: Decades of experience dairying around the world

Update: 2025-12-03
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Jim Van Patter has managed large dairy herds from Wisconsin to Turkey to Australia to Mississippi and back again. He's now the dairy manager at Nehls Brothers Farm near Juneau, Wisconsin, and he's brought home some hard-won lessons about what works at scale—and what doesn't.



Whether you're running 100 cows or 1,000, Jim's got practical insights on everything from labor management to facility design that you can put to work on your operation.

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Jim Van Patter: Decades of experience dairying around the world

Jim Van Patter: Decades of experience dairying around the world

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