The Bullvine

Butter’s 113-Trade Week: 25% Domestic Demand Drop, Export Surge – and What It Means for Your Milk Check
Butter demand fell 25% and 113 loads still traded. The demand didn’t die — it moved overseas. Has your Q2 plan caught up with that math yet? Executive […]
62% Want Cheese, Not Chocolate This Valentine’s – How Much of the $6.7 Billion Specialty Cheese Market Reaches Your Milk Check?
62% of Americans now prefer cheese to chocolate for Valentine’s. The $6.7B question: does any of that reach your milk check? Executive Summary: A […]
$19.14 Costs vs. $18.95 Milk: Is Your Barn Tech Paying the Difference?
You’re 19¢/cwt underwater on 2026 milk — and still leaving $20,000–$45,000 of dairy tech ROI sitting in the barn. The fix isn’t new gadgets. It’s how […]
14% Believe Your Dairy Label. Jasper Hill Gets $22 a Wedge. The Difference Is One Certification.
Only 14% of consumers believe dairy labels. Jasper Hill still gets $22 a wedge. If you aren't turning welfare and certification into margin, you're le […]
600 Argentine Dairy Families, One New Buyer, Zero Warning: Saputo’s $630M Sell‑Off and Your Processor Contract Risk
Your milk goes to one processor. Overnight, they sell 80% to a stranger. That’s not a what‑if — it’s what 600 Argentine dairy families woke up to toda […]

$1.6B to Texas and Kansas, 76% of Wisconsin Farms Gone: Scale Up, Go Premium, or Get Out Hilmar, Leprino, and Valley Queen are pulling milk toward new regions. For producers in traditional dairy states, the math has changed—and so have the breeding goals. Executive Summary: Since 2020, Hilmar,…
$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…
Drumgoon Dairy Lost 38 Workers in One I-9 Audit. Your Operation Could Be 72 Hours Away. One I-9 audit resulted in the dismissal of 38 workers at Drumgoon Dairy. If ICE knocked tomorrow, how long could your parlor run? Executive Summary: Immigrant workers provide 51% of hired…
Holstein Conformation’s $2,678 Gap: How Holstein USA’s Million‑Cow Study Should Change Your Linear Type Strategy Holstein USA’s million‑cow study found a $2,678 lifetime gap tied to conformation. The question isn’t if it’s real—it’s how close your herd is to the wrong side of it. Executive…
Cargill Milwaukee Never Bought Your Calves. Tyson Did: How Ebert’s 2,500 Beef‑on‑Dairy Crosses Manage Packer Risk. Cargill Milwaukee never bought your calves. Tyson did. See how a 4,200-cow Wisconsin herd with 2,500 beef‑on‑dairy crosses is rewiring its sire and packer risk. Executive Summary: Ebert Enterprises in Algoma,…

Ginger Rogers: The Oscar Winner Who Bet It All on Golden Guernseys
Think an "outsider" can't build a serious dairy? An Oscar‑winner with Golden Guernseys proved otherwise — right up until the […]
Gold Medal Margins: Italy Turns Less Milk into €22.8B. You’re Stuck at $18.95.
As Milano-Cortina chases medals, Italy’s dairies pull €22.8B from less milk. If your 2026 outlook starts with $18.95, you nee […]
From 1,810 Dairy Farms to 18: How North Dakota’s Processing Collapse Cornered the Holle Family – and Could Corner You
You can’t breed your way to cheaper diesel.” North Dakota did the math, lost 1,792 dairies, and left one 1,000‑cow family ask […]
81% Never Got Help. Randy Roecker Is Training Milk Haulers to Save Dairy Farmers’ Lives.
Most suicide training starts in a classroom. Randy Roecker started his in the driveway — with milk haulers, vets, and nutriti […]
Jack Remsberg – The Man Behind Elevation: Three Shots, Forty Thousand Cows, and the Trust That Built a Legacy
Before genomics, one photo could make or break a young sire. Jack Remsberg only needed three shots when the bull was Round Oa […]

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…
They Kept the Barn Lights On That was a sad day when those eight cows didn't come in the barn in the morning, and you go out and… yeah E468 They Kept the Barn Lights On…
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 |…