Creating pregnancies in the heat with Ben Dickman

Progressive Dairy Podcast · May 26, 2026 · 15m

Ben Dickman of Dickman and Sons Dairy joins host Matti McBride in this episode of the Progressive Dairy Podcast to discuss how he creates pregnancies in 110°F temperatures. Learn what type of cooling system Dickman implements, what reproduction protocol he follows and more about his dairy in Coolidge, Arizona.

Episode breakdown:

0:40 – Rapid-fire questions

1:45 – Dickman’s background, Dickman and Sons Dairy

3:20 – Temperature challenges

4:45 – Cooling systems

6:30 – Reproduction protocol

7:30 – Current breeding split

9:15 – Focus on cow comfort

11:20 – Methane digester

12:20 – Dickman’s…