Dairy Dispatch
The $3 Milk Trap: How 2026’s Class III–IV Spread Becomes a $382,000 Hit on a 500-Cow Milk CheckOne month of DMC at $9.50 could pay several years of premiums. The deadline is Wednesday. Have you actually run the math? Executive Summary: Janu […]- Max Prange – ObituaryMax Prange, 35, of New Prague, MN, died unexpectedly Feb. 16, 2026. Raised on a century dairy farm in Sheboygan Falls, WI, his loss connects two commu […]
- 9.57 Million Cows, 3.9 Million Replacements: Genetics Built This Dairy Herd Paradox – and 2027 Ends It9.57M milk cows. 3.9M replacements. $3,000 heifers. Beef-on-dairy and genetics built this paradox — and 2027 is when it breaks. Executive Summary:&nbs […]
- Penn State’s $3,110 Heifer Trap: When “One More Lactation” Costs 3× More Than Replacing HerGlenn Kline ran the numbers at $3,110 heifers. The cows he kept were not the ones he expected. Executive Summary: Record‑high replacement heifer […]
- Ted Vander Schaaf Wants $1.14 Billion in Canadian Access to Actually Work. The Barn Math on Daniel Gobeil’s Québec Farm 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 […]
Feature Articles
- 880M Views vs $102.7M: Nate the Hoof Guy and Farm Social Media in Dairy’s Trust FightSix farms, four countries, zero marketing budget — and more reach than $102.7M in anti‑dairy campaigns. Are you letting stran […]
- Men’s Hockey Gold Medal Game vs Dairy’s Real Faceoff: $24,000 Quota, 1,434 Lost Herds in Canada–USA FarmingWhile 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 GainTwo 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% GrowthThe catalogs are full of top‑10 sires from the same bloodlines. Dann Brady and ferme Blondin couldn’t find the pedigrees they […]
