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Jim Linn
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Jim Linn is head of the Department of Animal Science and a dairy cattle nutritionist with Extension, research and teaching responsibilities. He co-teaches undergraduate courses in ruminant \nutrition and applied dairy nutrition. His research focuses on forages and nutrition of lactating cows and neonatal calves.

Jim was a member of the 2001 Dairy Cattle National Research Council (NRC) committee and a member of the 2005 NRC committee on minerals and toxic substances in diets and water for animals. He has published more than 600 Extension publications and popular press articles on calf, heifer and cow nutrition. He currently is a featured columnist in Dairy Today and a regional dairy publication, Minnesota Dairy Star. He has given several hundred extension talks in Minnesota and is a frequent presenter at national and international seminars and meetings.