Dairy Dispatch

• Screwworm Just Hit a Texas Calf — And the Plant Built to Fight It Won’t Make a Single Fly Until 2027
  The first U.S. New World screwworm case since 1966 turned up in a 3-week-old calf in Zavala County. For dairies near the border, the real problem isn' […]
• Saputo Opened at A$8.80. That’s a A$119,000 Hole on a 400-Cow Herd.
  Saputo opened 2026–27 at A$8.80/kgMS; farmers wanted A$9.50. On a 400-cow herd that's roughly A$119,000 a year — and a step-up nobody's promised won't […]
• Metritis: $511 a Case, and Your Records Already Saw It Coming
  A $511 metritis case rarely announces itself — it hides in the herd average. But your fresh-cow records flagged it days early. Here's the 30-minute Mo […]
• Curtis Vanden Berge: How Holstein USA’s 2026 Young Breeder Built a 2,800-Cow Herd Around Components
  Most 2,800-cow dairies chase volume. Curtis Vanden Berge chased components — and hit 4.17% fat while one cow, Halogen 516-ET, seeded 200-plus descenda […]
• Your Fans Can’t Fix Half of Heat Stress. Your Ration Can.
  About half your summer milk loss happens inside the cow, not at the bunk — and no number of fans touches it. A $15 forage test and the right DCAD do. […]