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Dairy Dispatch

  • USDA Counts 169,000 More Dairy Cows as ERS Projects Cull Prices Falling
    169,000 more cows, and more cows went to slaughter. Now ERS projects cutter cows at $135 in Q4, down from $158.61. Bullvine's math: about 33¢/cwt of m […]
  • CDC Puts Its 3.55% Milk Price Formula on Hold Until Friday’s Decision
    The Canadian Dairy Commission suspended its 3.5548% formula result after requests its notice didn’t identify. Its decision lands Friday at 1 p.m. Here […]
  • USDA’s 24-State September Milk Gain: Five States Supplied 65.6%
    August's DMC margin fell 18.9%. The milk kept coming anyway. Here's the Bullvine math on where it's growing, and what to test before you add cows. Key […]
  • What Higher Treasury Yields Actually Mean for Dairy Heifer Financing
    The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield hit 5.365% on October 7, 2026, its highest level in 24 years, according to Tradeweb data reported by Dow Jones. I […]
  • China’s Top-10% Semen Rule Doesn’t Say Which Index Counts
    Australia and Canada sent 92,573 straws by August. APHIS still lists the U.S. certificate as under negotiation. And China's top-10% rule doesn't say w […]

Top Dispatch Posts from Past Week

  • China’s Top-10% Semen Rule Doesn’t Say Which Index Counts Australia and Canada sent 92,573 straws by August. APHIS still lists the U.S. certificate as under negotiation. And China's top-10% rule doesn't say which index ranks your bull. China is…
  • CDC Puts Its 3.55% Milk Price Formula on Hold Until Friday’s Decision The Canadian Dairy Commission suspended its 3.5548% formula result after requests its notice didn’t identify. Its decision lands Friday at 1 p.m. Here’s how to budget until then. Update, October…
  • Net Merit Ranks the Females. Your Replacement Target Sets the Sexed-Semen Cutoff It's breeding-list day: 700 eligible females, 130 first-calvers needed. A fixed 60% sexed list projects 193. Rank on Net Merit, then stop the list at the target. Put sexed semen…
  • California Water Board Puts Coverage Before Cows: 150 Head, 60–122 Acres by Our Math 150 added cows, 60 to 122 acre-equivalents of nitrogen room by our math. To count them as existing herd, California's order wants coverage before the cattle truck backs in. The…
  • What Higher Treasury Yields Actually Mean for Dairy Heifer Financing The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield hit 5.365% on October 7, 2026, its highest level in 24 years, according to Tradeweb data reported by Dow Jones. It had eased to about 4.99%…

Feature Articles

  • mogul-supersire-million-dose-bullsMogul, Supersire and the Million-Dose Bulls of the Genomic Age
    By summer 1994, just two Holsteins had sold a million doses. Mogul and Supersire later joined the club, but genomics changed […]
  • Genus’s Pig Arm Runs a 29% Margin, Cattle 7.5%. What a Per-Calf Deal Must Prove
    Genus's pig arm posted a 29.3% adjusted operating margin; its cattle arm, 7.5%. One mostly bills after weaning, the other at […]
  • World Dairy ExpoWorld Dairy Expo Without the Trade Show: The $120-to-$220 Question
    At 2,500 paying animals, a hypothetical $250,000 annual funding gap would add $100 a head to Expo's 2026 standard entry fee. […]
  • corn silage alfalfa ratioMiner’s 30:70 Mix: A Thin Margin at Higher Feed Cost
    Coming from a 10:90 mix, Miner's reported 0.09-lb protein edge is worth about 24 cents a cow a day. Add 20 cents to the ratio […]
  • Build a Better CowBuild a Better Cow: Five Tests Holstein USA Must Pass Before Sale
    A camera can measure a cow consistently and still be wrong. In a hypothetical Bullvine example, three readings agree within o […]

Popular Articles from the Past 30 Days

  • Seven Breeds, One Read: Every World Dairy Expo 2026 Champion and What They Told Breeders Bailey made it two. Peter Vail, 87, turned up in five breeds' results. An 18-cow New Hampshire herd won Milking Shorthorn Grand again. Here's the whole week in one read,…
  • Autumn Opportunity Holstein Show 2026 Carleton Bad To The Bone Wins Grand at the 2026 Autumn Opportunity Holstein Show, and Best Udder Went With the Class Win in 8 of 10 Cow Classes Kyle Rivington…
  • The Cow She Wouldn’t Let Go: Alyson Doiron and Ella Win Junior Supreme at World Dairy Expo Nearly three years ago, Arolene Dempsey left the family. On Oct. 2, the 16-year-old who refused to forget her led her to Supreme Champion of the Junior Show at World…
  • Winners Work: What Elizabeth Hall’s Expo Speech Means for Kids Who Didn’t Get Pulled At World Dairy Expo, 294 of the 339 kids in the showmanship ring went home without a ribbon. The senior judge's closing message explains why that isn't the same as…
  • Joe Price Wins the 2026 Klussendorf-MacKenzie Award: Butlerview’s Manager Gets Called to the Shavings His family sold their farm when he was 13; then he sold his own elite herd in 2010 and has spent 16 years building other people's champions. Last week, the…

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