Dairy Dispatch

• Cornell Heat Stress: Your Fans Do 60% of the Job — the Gut Does the Rest by Day 3
  Cornell's chamber cows sprang a gut leak by day 3 — before the tank flinched. Fans handle about 60% of the loss; the other 40% needs a THI-68 trigger, […]
• AI Balanced His Ration in 30 Seconds. The $38,340 Bill Came Six Weeks Later.
  A vendor's AI balanced a ration in 30 seconds flat. The nutritionist said no. Six weeks later, SARA was quietly costing a 500-cow herd $38,340 a year […]
• $337 Million Left Conventional Milk Checks in 90 Days — No Bill, No Plaintiff
  $337 million left conventional milk checks between June and August 2025. No lawsuit, no plaintiff, no line item — it was gone before your cheque clear […]
• Organic Valley Sued USDA Over $50M a Year — and Your Blend Price Is In It
  Organic Valley says it's forced to pay ~$50M a year into a pool for milk it can't sell. The same June 2025 rule cut your check too. Here's the pooling […]
• One Barn, 18,855 Cows, No Full Review: What Riverview’s West River Permit Means for the 200-Cow Dairy Down the Road
  Minnesota just cleared a single site near Morris to nearly double its herd without an environmental impact statement — and the costs could first fall […]