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Dairy Dispatch

  • The $10/cwt Trap: 8 Dairy Farms Close Every Day – Here Are Your 4 Paths Out
    Eight dairy farms close every single day in America. Understanding what's driving this consolidation—and your options for navigating it—has never been […]
  • They Couldn’t Afford Excellence. So They Decided Who They Were Instead.
    4 FARM Award Winners Prove the Decision That Matters Most Costs Nothing Executive Summary: They decided who they were before they could afford it […]
  • 211,000 More Dairy Cows. Bleeding Margins. The 2026 Math That Won’t Wait.
    $17.40 cash break-even. $19.80 real break-even. That $2.40/cwt you're ignoring? It's the whole ballgame in 2026. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Something's b […]
  • $234,000 Gone: The Gap Between Dairy Tech Promises and Farm-Gate Reality
    12% milk increase in the research. 4% on real farms. $234,000 yearly gap. Nobody showed you the full picture. Until now. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The r […]
  • 38% Turnover Is Bleeding You Dry. One Wisconsin Dairy Got It Under 1% – With a Waiting List.
    Your workers are leaving. Theirs are lining up. The difference between 38% turnover and under 1% isn't money—it's a $5,000 decision you haven't made y […]

Top News Posts from Past Week

  • When 5:30 AM Chores Matter More Than the NHL Draft: The Martin Family’s Extraordinary Lesson in Raising Kids Who Choose to Stay Nashville took him 5th overall. He was in the barn. 'The cows don't care if you're drafted,' he said. What his family did differently should make every farm parent think…
  • Joe Simon Spent 63 Years on One Principle. His Grandchildren Just Won Premier Sire – Twice How One Iowa Grandfather's 'Best Bull, Not Cheapest Bull' Principle Built GenoSource Into a 4,000-Cow, Genetics Powerhouse There's a photograph I keep coming back to. Eight families standing together in…
  • The $200-Per-Cow Blindspot: What Rising Inbreeding Is Costing You – and What a Decade of Crossbreeding Research Found New research puts hard numbers on the hidden price tag of genetic progress—and what a 10-year crossbreeding study reveals might change how you think about your next breeding decisions. Executive…
  • 38% Turnover Is Bleeding You Dry. One Wisconsin Dairy Got It Under 1% – With a Waiting List. Your workers are leaving. Theirs are lining up. The difference between 38% turnover and under 1% isn't money—it's a $5,000 decision you haven't made yet EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The average dairy loses…
  • The Quiet Revolution: Two Young Dairy People Who Refused to Choose Between Love and Survival Rachel Craun and Jon Chapman didn't inherit easy paths. They're carving new ones—and in doing so, they're teaching us what loyalty to an industry really looks like. There's something about…

More News

  • World Dairy Expo 2025 Award Winners: The 13-Year Valley Nobody Talks About
  • From 52¢ to 25¢: Where Your Milk Dollar Goes Now – And 3 Ways to Reclaim Your Share
  • Joe Simon Spent 63 Years on One Principle. His Grandchildren Just Won Premier Sire – Twice
  • $3,010 Heifers, 30% Labor Jumps: The Mid-Size Dairy Survival Crisis
  • The Quiet Revolution: Two Young Dairy People Who Refused to Choose Between Love and Survival

Feature Articles

  • Ray Brubacher Holstein LegendRay Brubacher: The Holstein Legend Who Quit Two Dream Jobs 
    Ray Brubacher built three generations by breaking one rule: Stay loyal to people who break their word. He didn't. 455 Ray Bru […]
  • dairy genetics economicsFrom $1.5 Million to $150,000: The Dairy Genetics Shakeout and Your Next Move
    The dairy genetics business that built family operations for generations? It's been restructured. $1.5M down to $150K. But so […]
  • Editor’s Choice 2025: 10 Articles Your Competitors Already Read Twice
    Every breeding decision you'll make next year connects to lessons buried in this year's best journalism. A $260,000 gamble fr […]
  • Dairy breeding strategyThe Year Dairy Lost $6.7 Billion: The Bullvine’s Top 15+ Articles of 2025
    You're making 2020 breeding decisions. 2025 left $6.7 billion on the table. These 15+ stories show who adapted, who profited, […]
  • dairy industry 2025 year in reviewFrom $1 Million Cows to 6 Dead Workers: The 10 Stories That Defined Dairy’s 2025 Reckoning
    Six workers dead in a manure pit. A $75M dairy bankrupt. A cow sells for $1M. One industry. One year. Ten lessons you can't a […]

Popular Articles from the Past 30 Days

  • Four Bulls That Changed the Holstein Breed: Genius, Gambles, and the Price We’re Still Paying Four bulls. Four gambles. The genetics that doubled milk production—and the hidden costs nobody saw coming. E450 Four Bulls That Changed the Holstein Breed: G | RSS.com The auctioneer's voice…
  • They Called Him the Three-Legged Bull. He Created the Modern Red Holstein: The Untold Story of Hanover-Hill Triple Threat-Red 53 years ago, a man bet his career on a red calf everyone else called a defect. He was right E433 They Called Him the Three-Legged Bull. He Cre |…
  • Four Bets. Five Legends: The Holstein Visionaries Who Built Everything You’re Breeding Today Four breeders made four impossible bets. Every Holstein alive today is the payoff. Here's what they knew that we forgot. E340 Four Bets. Five Legends: The Holstein Vision | RSS.com…
  • The Room Went Quiet. Everyone Left. Then an $8,100 Phone Call Changed Holstein History Forever. The untold stories of Rudy Missy, Blackrose, and the stockmen who saw what the experts couldn't E446 The Room Went Quiet. Everyone Left. Then an $ | RSS.com It was…
  • 16,000 Dairy Farms Gone: The 5-Question Test to Know If You’ll Survive A 55-year-old expands with $3M debt. He's 70 before it's manageable—exactly when the transition should happen. That's the trap nobody talks about. E449 16,000 Dairy Farms Gone: The 5-Question Test…

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  • Does Your Breeding Program Fit Your Milk Market?
  • The Room Went Quiet. Everyone Left. Then an $8,100 Phone Call Changed Holstein History Forever.

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