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Dairy Dispatch

  • Margot Danna Reigns Supreme as Quebec’s Ayrshire Elite Light Up Expo-Printemps 2026
    Honestly, when Martin Poirier slapped Margot Danna in the centre of the Colisée Desjardins ring, you could feel the room exhale. Ferme Margot's vetera […]
  • Lone Pine Jordan Booster Steals the Show in Victoriaville: Jersey Spring Show 2026 Recap
    Pierre Boulet and Mike Berry's "Booster" cow earns the easiest tap of the day as JP Charest rewards mammary quality, dairy strength, and rib openness […]
  • He Followed His Feelings to the End: Remembering Jacco Betting (2003–2026)
    A young Dutch showman. A quiet hand on a halter. A letter that ends with two words no family should ever have to read: "Het spijt me." If you've spent […]
  • Chanel-Red Closes Out Expo-Printemps: Ferme Jacobs Takes Grand R&W in Victoriaville
    Two weeks fresh, a rear udder that wouldn't quit, and barely a minute of reasons from Pat Lundy — Elmvue Alt Chanel-Red-ET took Senior 3-Year-Old, Bes […]
  • Fat Alone Shuts Down Immunity: The $150/Cow NEFA Trap You’re Building in the Dry Pen.
    A 2026 Canadian lipid infusion trial shows that elevated NEFA — without calving or infection — suppresses lymphocyte function within&nb […]

Top News Posts from Past Week

  • He Followed His Feelings to the End: Remembering Jacco Betting (2003–2026) A young Dutch showman. A quiet hand on a halter. A letter that ends with two words no family should ever have to read: "Het spijt me." If you've spent…
  • Outlook Dairy Lost 35 Workers Before Milking. The 30‑Day Barn Math Your Lender Can’t Ignore. 35 of 55 workers gone before afternoon milking. If that happened in your parlor tomorrow, how many days of profit would your 400 cows burn through? Executive Summary: Outlook Dairy in…
  • April 2026 USA Holstein TPI: Woodford +3565, Powerhouse +119 – Who Won and Lost the Protein Flip? Powerhouse just picked up +119 TPI while Garza dumped −125 under the protein flip — if those two are in your tank, this run just changed your semen budget math.…
  • Lone Pine Jordan Booster Steals the Show in Victoriaville: Jersey Spring Show 2026 Recap Pierre Boulet and Mike Berry's "Booster" cow earns the easiest tap of the day as JP Charest rewards mammary quality, dairy strength, and rib openness from start to finish. Grand…
  • The 40‑Hour Cliff: How a $48,000 Overtime Bill Is Forcing Dairy Farms to Choose Between People, Robots, and Fewer Cows New overtime thresholds in Washington, California, Oregon, and New York are handing mid‑size dairies a cost nobody budgeted for — and every option for absorbing it carries a price the…

More Dairy News

  • $368 Insurance, −$1,830 from Farming: What Actually Keeps One Iowa Dairy Alive
  • From Hormuz to Your 500‑Cow Barn: The $5.39/cwt Trap Hiding in the 2026 Dairy Rally
  • The 40‑Hour Cliff: How a $48,000 Overtime Bill Is Forcing Dairy Farms to Choose Between People, Robots, and Fewer Cows
  • Outlook Dairy Lost 35 Workers Before Milking. The 30‑Day Barn Math Your Lender Can’t Ignore.
  • Your Cow’s Breath Knows When SARA Starts. A $3,500 Rumen pH Bolus Trial Proves It.

Feature Articles

  • Dairy farm successionYour Handshake Succession Plan Is Worth $31,700. Ask the Metskes.
    A trial judge valued six years of working the Metske family dairy at $405,000. The Ontario Court of Appeal cut it to $31,700. […]
  • Quebec Spring Holstein Show 2026
    JM Valley Sidekick Jacuzzi — Grand Champion, Quebec Spring Show 2026. The Five-Year-Old, shown here by Joel Lepage, earn […]
  • Milk Replacer ROIHow a $286 Milk Replacer Shortcut Cost One 600‑Cow Herd $30,000 in Future Milk
    When a 600‑cow Wisconsin herd tried to save $286 per calf on milk replacer, it looked like smart cost‑cutting. Three years la […]
  • dairy heifer shortageThe $585‑Per‑Service Beef‑on‑Dairy Trap: What a 500‑Cow Herd Reveals About Your Replacement Pipeline
    200 beef services on a 500‑cow herd work out to $117,000 in lost replacement value. The calves look good today. The pipeline […]
  • Red & White Holstein historyThe Hidden Gene Behind a Supreme Champion: Sir Inka May, Carnation, and the Rise of Red & White Holsteins
    Four Minnesota farmers bet $25,000 on a calf they could still pick up. A century later, his hidden gene produced a World Dair […]

Popular Articles from the Past 30 Days

  • From 65 Cows to 10,000, the Bull Nobody Wanted, and an Economist Who Tells It Straight: WDE Names Its 2026 Award Winners  World Dairy Expo just announced three honorees who, between them, have shaped how North America breeds, benchmarks, and builds dairy herds. Here's why each one earned it. E530 From 65…
  • The Importers: Cows Shot, Mansions Burned, Pedigrees Built Trace Elevation back twenty dams and you land on a cow imported from North Holland in 1879. Starbuck goes back to the same farm. So does half your herd. E529…
  • New York Spring – Northeast Spring National Holstein Show 2026 Lady Crush Reigns Supreme: Inside the 2026 Northeast Spring National Holstein Show Lo-Pine-VA Lady Crush (Maverick Crush x Aftershock Lilac) — EX-96, 4th lactation — claims Grand Champion at the…
  • Quebec Spring Holstein Show 2026 JM Valley Sidekick Jacuzzi — Grand Champion, Quebec Spring Show 2026. The Five-Year-Old, shown here by Joel Lepage, earned the banner on her powerful front end, tight fore udder blend, and…
  • The Golden Age of the Holstein: Farmer‑Bred Sires Who Built the Genomic Era They started with grade cows and manure on their trousers. They built every genomic proof you chase today. E520 The Golden Age of the Holstein: Farmer‑Bred S | RSS.com The…

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  • Darigold’s $4/cwt Deduction. Idaho’s Five-Processor Bidding War. The Map That Shows Which Side You’re On.
  • Powerhouse Up 119, Rozline Down 626: The April 2026 Holstein Proof Reset on Your Sire List
  • From 65 Cows to 10,000, the Bull Nobody Wanted, and an Economist Who Tells It Straight: WDE Names Its 2026 Award Winners 
  • The Importers: Cows Shot, Mansions Burned, Pedigrees Built
  • TPI 2026’s $17,500 Protein Trap: Breeding Holsteins for a Protein Market That Doesn’t Exist

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