Dairy Dispatch

• Overton’s 85-Herd Beef-on-Dairy Study: Why a 79% Heifer Completion Rate Limits Beef to About One-Third of Your Pregnancies
  Overton’s 85-herd study found a 79% heifer completion rate. That math says most herds can only afford about one-third of pregnancies as beef-on-dairy. […]
• The $575,000 Dairy Exit Gap: How 5 Dairy Farmers Got Out While They Were Still Winning
  Five dairy operations exited on their own terms. They all wish they'd done it sooner. The equity gap between a strategic dispersal and a forced one ca […]
• The Great Milk Divorce: The $383,000 IOFC Gap Splitting 500‑Cow Midwest Herds Into Upstairs and Downstairs Milk
  On a 500-cow Midwest dairy, FMMO and UPF rules can turn the same 425 cwt/day into either solid margins or a $383,000 IOFC hole. Executive Summary:&nbs […]
• Nicolas Demers (1983–2026): The Farmer Who Always Showed Up
  A snowmobile accident on a federation trail in Saint-Irène has taken one of La Matapédia's most beloved agricultural figures. Nicolas Demers was 43 ye […]
• The $31,200 Raw Milk Trap: How a Florida Outbreak Turned One Farm’s Side Hustle Into a Bet‑the‑Farm Lawsuit
  Raw milk is legal in 32 states — and still 840× more likely to make someone sick than pasteurised milk. The law may say ‘yes.’ Your insurer might alre […]