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Dairy Dispatch

  • Class III milk priceUSDA’s New Class III Factors Lifted the Benchmark 41.6¢/cwt. The Cows Didn’t.
    February's Class III benchmark ran 41.6¢/cwt higher at the same component prices, just from USDA's new factors. Before you credit the sire or the rati […]
  • USDA’s $400–$1,375 Glasgow Calf Range Is a Price Reference, Not a Payment Plan
    One Oct. 27, 2026 sale in Glasgow, Kentucky: beef-cross bull calves from $400 to $1,375. Before that cheque funds a payment, know how much of it your […]
  • Virginia Tech’s $1.15M Test: Can Smarter Robot Feeding Pay?
    Virginia Tech's $1.15 million project aims to get more milk protein from the same protein supply. Preliminary research-dairy savings have been reporte […]
  • whole milk in schoolsKittitas School District Asked for 70,300 Milk Cartons. None Were Whole.
    Whole milk had been allowed at school lunch for more than six months. Kittitas still listed 13,300 1% cartons and 57,000 fat-free chocolate, and choco […]
  • all milk priceUSDA  September Milk Rose 2.6%. The All-Milk Price Fell 90¢/cwt.
    USDA counted 2.6% more milk in September, but the all milk price fell 90 cents. Holding even took about 4.6% more. Here's the math, and a worksheet fo […]

Top Dispatch Posts from Past Week

  • USDA’s $8B Fuel Relief Pays on Acres. A Dairy’s Fuel Bill Runs All Year. National on-highway diesel was $2.634 a gallon higher year over year on Oct. 26 (EIA). USDA's Title I relief pays on planted acres, not gallons. Here's how to work out…
  • USDA  September Milk Rose 2.6%. The All-Milk Price Fell 90¢/cwt. USDA counted 2.6% more milk in September, but the all milk price fell 90 cents. Holding even took about 4.6% more. Here's the math, and a worksheet for your own…
  • Virginia Tech’s $1.15M Test: Can Smarter Robot Feeding Pay? Virginia Tech's $1.15 million project aims to get more milk protein from the same protein supply. Preliminary research-dairy savings have been reported. Here's what to check—and how to calculate the…
  • USDA Counts 169,000 More Dairy Cows as ERS Projects Cull Prices Falling 169,000 more cows, and more cows went to slaughter. Now ERS projects cutter cows at $135 in Q4, down from $158.61. Bullvine's math: about 33¢/cwt of milk on a 400-cow…
  • Kittitas School District Asked for 70,300 Milk Cartons. None Were Whole. Whole milk had been allowed at school lunch for more than six months. Kittitas still listed 13,300 1% cartons and 57,000 fat-free chocolate, and chocolate's 81% share drives most of…

Feature Articles

  • 4-H Dairy ClassicHer Calf Got Ringworm Days Before the Royal. She Went Anyway.
    Lindsey Middleton lost her shot at the TD Canadian 4-H Dairy Classic to ringworm. What she did next, and who kept showing up […]
  • Coca-Cola fairlife paymentTracing Coca-Cola’s fairlife Acquisition Payouts
    Coca-Cola's last fairlife check: $6.173B in March 2025. The SEC filings stop at the payment. Members need co-op records; supp […]
  • Bob HagenowBob Hagenow: A Lifetime of Showing Up for Dairy
    The 2026 National Dairy Shrine Guest of Honor has spent decades judging cattle, mentoring young people, and serving World Dai […]
  • Canadian cheese tariffsCanadian Cheese Tariffs: Whose Milk Is Behind Gellert’s US$40M Estimate?
    An Ontario plant turns New York milk into brie, and Gellert says it pays a 50% duty to import it. Its US$40M annual estimate […]
  • Cremona dairy showRoyal Judge Joël Lepage Takes Cremona: Sale Friday, Supreme Saturday
    November 26–28 in Cremona, Italy: four breeds, the European Sale at 7 p.m. Friday and the Supreme Champion final at 7 p.m. Sa […]

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  • Autumn Opportunity Holstein Show 2026 Carleton Bad To The Bone Wins Grand at the 2026 Autumn Opportunity Holstein Show, and Best Udder Went With the Class Win in 8 of 10 Cow Classes Kyle Rivington…
  • The Cow She Wouldn’t Let Go: Alyson Doiron and Ella Win Junior Supreme at World Dairy Expo Nearly three years ago, Arolene Dempsey left the family. On Oct. 2, the 16-year-old who refused to forget her led her to Supreme Champion of the Junior Show at World…
  • Horace Backus: The Pedigree Man Who Earned a Breed’s Trust The people who worked beside him in the auction box remember the hours he put into every catalog and how freely he passed on what he found. Horace Backus, the…
  • Elevation Still Leads at 15.2%: How Holstein USA’s August 2026 Top 15 All Connect 15.2%. That's the share of genes a bull born in 1965 still has in common with the top 400 proven U.S. sires. We mapped how Elevation, Chief and 13 more…
  • Dane County’s Potential $200 Million Plan Starts With the Coliseum. Expo’s Guaranteed Term Ends in 2028 E669 Dane County’s Potential $200 Million Plan Sta | RSS.com Dane County's current work plan places Coliseum construction in 2028, the last guaranteed year in World Dairy Expo's venue agreement.…

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