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Ted Vander Schaaf Wants $1.14 Billion in Canadian Access to Actually Work. Daniel Gobeil’s Québec Farm Math Says the Fight Is Worth a Nickel.
The USMCA review hits July 1. Two dairy farmers — one in Idaho, one in Québec — are watching the same deadline with completely different balance sheet […]
3 Temptations Taking Down Dairy Farms in 2026- and the 40-Day Discipline That Saves Them
315 farms filed Chapter 12. A 20,000‑cow dairy thrived. The difference? Three temptations almost every farm faces — and a 40‑day pause most never take […]
Brenda Cochran’s $352 Million Question: Your 15¢/cwt Dairy Checkoff vs. a $500 Million Cottage Cheese Payday
You paid 15¢/cwt into the dairy checkoff. A $500M cottage cheese deal didn’t need it. Are you funding TikTok trends or your own milk check? Executive […]
The Calf-Check Paradox: $14.59 Milk, 14,000 Extra Cows, and a 550-Cow Dairy Staring at an 11-Week Runway
When a day‑old calf pays better than the milk check, the rules change. The question isn’t volume anymore. It’s survival math. Executive Summary: […]
USDA’s $148 Million Section 32 Dairy Purchase, Zero Dollars Guaranteed: What It Actually Means for Your Milk Check
NMPF asked USDA for exactly $148 million in dairy purchases last November. On February 19, USDA delivered — to the dollar. That's not luck. That's the […]

$3,010 Per Heifer. 800,000 Short. Your Beef-on-Dairy Bill Is Due. 3 out of 4 dairies bred beef-on-dairy. Now 800,000 heifers are missing, and replacements are $3,010 a head. Where does your herd sit in that math? Executive Summary: If you chased…
400 of 1,600 Danish Farms Report Bovaer‑Linked Health Issues: EFSA’s 2026 Review and the 3 Methane‑Contract Clauses to Read Twice Denmark bets on Bovaer to dodge the world's first cow-methane tax. Then a quarter of farms using it started reporting diarrhea, crashing milk yields, and dead cattle—and now the European…
315 Chapter 12 Filings, 46% Surge: Kooser Farms Filed Again – and the 3 Numbers That Tell You How Close You Are. Kooser Farms has filed for Chapter 12 protection twice in the past 6 years. Before you say ‘that’ll never be us,’ grab your balance sheet and check three numbers. Executive…
Brenda Cochran’s $352 Million Question: Your 15¢/cwt Dairy Checkoff vs. a $500 Million Cottage Cheese Payday You paid 15¢/cwt into the dairy checkoff. A $500M cottage cheese deal didn’t need it. Are you funding TikTok trends or your own milk check? Executive Summary: Dairy farmers are still…
Dairy Management’s $165 Million Checkoff Bet: $1.75 Billion Cottage Cheese Boom, $3.01/cwt Class II Drop Your 15¢/cwt helped sell $1.75B of cottage cheese. Your Class II price went down $3.01/cwt. Explain that. Executive Summary: Dairy farmers are still paying 15¢/cwt into a national checkoff that now…

Men’s Hockey Gold Medal Game vs Dairy’s Real Faceoff: $24,000 Quota, 1,434 Lost Herds in Canada–USA Farming
While Canada and the U.S. fight for men’s hockey gold, 1,434 dairy herds are gone, and quotas are at $24,000/kg. Where does y […]
The Invisible Architects: How George Wiggans and Paul VanRaden Helped Double Your Herds’ Genetic Gain
Two scientists doubled your herd’s genetic gain — and you’ve never heard their names. E495 The Invisible Architects: How Geor […]
The 1,113 kg Question: Does Dairy Calf Starter Consistency Really Affect Lifetime Production?
One kilogram of preweaning gain. 1,113 kilograms more milk. The real question is what your calf starter is doing with that op […]
9.99% Inbreeding and Rising: How Blondin Sires Turned a Holstein Bottleneck into 75% Growth
The catalogs are full of top‑10 sires from the same bloodlines. Dann Brady and ferme Blondin couldn’t find the pedigrees they […]
Steve Jobs Never Soldered a Circuit: How His Mac Playbook Can Free 988 of Your Hours and Add $24,000 to a 200‑Cow Dairy
Teagasc and repro data show why the best herds work 19 fewer hours a week and still come out at least $24,000 ahead on a 200‑ […]

Locked from the Inside: Dairy’s Darkest Crimes and the Weak Spots They Exploited Barn doors locked from the inside. Semen straws filled with dishwater. A $7,500 cow insured for $250,000—and two dairymen dead by their own hands within a week. E472 Locked from…
Walkway Chief Mark: The Backup Bull Behind Seven Percent of Every Holstein Cow Half a million lost calves. Thirty billion dollars in milk. One bull at the center of both: Walkway Chief Mark. E484 Walkway Chief Mark: The Backup Bull Behind Se |…
Where the Robots Hum and the Cows Stay Calm: The Four Oak Farms Way Think robots ruin cow comfort and family time? At Four Oak Farms, the robot hums, the Brown Swiss relax, and the kids still make bedtime. E476 Where the Robots Hum…
One ICE Raid. 35 Workers Gone. A New Mexico Dairy Learned What Community Really Means. One ICE raid stopped a dairy cold. 35 workers gone. But it also revealed who neighbours really are. E471 One ICE Raid. 35 Workers Gone. A New Mexico D |…
Sixty Cows Above the Clouds: How a Tiny Alpine Herd Won Europe’s Biggest Breeding Honor When Rupert was 10, his parents gave him a calf named Mailand. Last month, his 60-cow herd won European Breeder of the Year. Some gifts change everything. E482 Sixty Cows…