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Dairy Dispatch

  • When the Wells Failed, the Neighbours Didn’t: What Vermont’s $18 Million Drought Showed Us All
    The barn lights never go out when a community refuses to let its farmers stand alone. As Vermont’s worst drought in decades bites down, tanker trucks […]
  • The $15,800 DMC Decision Every Dairy Needs to Make Before February 26
    DMC averaged $74K per farm in 2023. In 2026, it got $15,800 better for 300-cow herds. Claim it by February 26—or miss it. Executive Summary: DMC' […]
  • Whole Milk Is Back in Schools – Pennies on Your Milk Check or Real Class I Impact?
    Whole milk is back in schools. Will it add real Class I dollars to your milk check—or just a few pennies and a nice photo op? Executive Summary:  […]
  • Same Milk, Different Payday: How Your Processor’s Product Mix Shapes Your Future
    Two good herds. Same calving nights. Same butterfat goals. Five years later, one family had $400K more equity. The gap wasn't created in the barn—thei […]
  • Record Corn Won’t Save You: The $100K Margin Hit Coming for Mid-Size Dairies in 2026
    Cheap feed won't save you. At $19 milk, a 300-cow dairy loses $100K in 2026—even with record corn. Executive Summary: Cheap feed won't save you i […]

Top News Posts from Past Week

  • Three Floods, One Lifetime: How Sumas Prairie Dairy Neighbours Filled the Road with Headlights Three floods in one lifetime. When the water rose, Sumas Prairie dairy neighbours filled the road with headlights instead of letting each other face it alone. Executive Summary: Sumas Prairie dairy…
  • I Can’t Keep Taking the Hits”: Three Families Still Standing Where 18 Dairies Fell 18 farms fell. Three families stayed. On Washington's Enumclaw Plateau, the dairies that survived didn't find better math—they found different kinds of courage. There's a moment in every dairy farmer's…
  • The Man Who Built It Right: Remembering Herbert Lutz and the Legacy of One 4-H Calf His 11-year-old wanted a 4-H calf. Herbert said yes. Sunny Day Farm is still producing All-Americans fifty years later. Some people pass through this industry. Others reshape it. Herbert Daniel…
  • When the Wells Failed, the Neighbours Didn’t: What Vermont’s $18 Million Drought Showed Us All The barn lights never go out when a community refuses to let its farmers stand alone. As Vermont’s worst drought in decades bites down, tanker trucks hauling potable water become…
  • The $900/Cow Hit You Can’t Outbreed by April: Western Canada’s 70/25/5 Reckoning You can’t outbreed 70/25/5 by April. The only question is whether you fix your ration and cash flow before it costs $900/cow. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Western Canada’s April 1, 2026, shift to…

More News

  • The $1,400 Calf vs. the $3,500 Heifer: How to Win at Beef‑on‑Dairy Without Wrecking Your 2027 Herd
  • Dairy Labor on a Knife Edge: 70% Undocumented, $52.8B at Risk, and the 500‑Cow Choice Between Wages, Robots, or Exit
  • Three Floods, One Lifetime: How Sumas Prairie Dairy Neighbours Filled the Road with Headlights
  • Jodie Nutsford Claims 2025 Holstein UK President’s Medal – Vet, Breeder, and Mentor Wins Industry’s Most Prestigious Young Breeder Honor
  • H5N1’s $950-Per-Cow Hit: Why Your Next Dollar Belongs at the Gate, Not the Dashboard

Feature Articles

  • molasses ingredient variabilitySame Tag, Different Feed: The Molasses Problem Your Calves Can’t Tell You About
    What the 28-point sugar swing in molasses means for your calf program—and the five questions your supplier should be able to […]
  • Francisco Rodriguez Decade RuleThe Decade Rule: Francisco Rodriguez on Breeding Champions
    In 2006, Francisco Rodriguez didn't own a single registered cow. A decade later, he'd bred a World Dairy Expo Supreme—and rea […]
  • Dairy farm consolidationThe Bullvine Dairy Curve: 15,000 U.S. Farms by 2035 and Under 10,000 by 2050 – Who’s Still Milking?
    15,000 dairies by 2035. Under 10,000 by 2050. The Bullvine Dairy Curve shows exactly who survives that curve—and who gets pri […]
  • Genomic Selection ROIDid Genomics Really Deliver What We Think It Did? $238,000 Says Yes – If You Steer It Right
    Did genomics really deliver what you think it did—or is that extra $238,000 in profit still stuck in your semen tank? E461 Di […]
  • Harborcrest Rose MillyHarborcrest Rose Milly: From Pig Money to Holstein Royalty
    Pig money bought the heifer that his neighbors laughed at. Today, Harborcrest Rose Milly EX-97 runs through every Holstein pe […]

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…
  • 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…
  • Ray 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 Brubacher: The Holstein Legend Who Quit Tw | RSS.com…
  • Harborcrest Rose Milly: From Pig Money to Holstein Royalty Pig money bought the heifer that his neighbors laughed at. Today, Harborcrest Rose Milly EX-97 runs through every Holstein pedigree in North America. E460 Harborcrest Rose Milly: From Pig Money…
  • Robert Chicoine and the Bull Nobody Wanted: The Data Revolution That Lives in Your Herd’s DNA How a farm boy's love of pedigrees sparked a data revolution that reshaped global dairy genetics—and why his lessons matter more than ever in 2025 E458 Robert Chicoine and the…

More Articles

  • 438,000 Missing Heifers. $4,100 Price Tags. Beef-on-Dairy’s Reckoning Has Arrived.
  • Robert Chicoine and the Bull Nobody Wanted: The Data Revolution That Lives in Your Herd’s DNA
  • Why the A2 Boom Bypassed Heritage Breeds – And What’s Actually Working
  • Beef-on-Dairy’s $500,000 Swing: What 72% of Farms Know That’s Costing You $1,000/Cow Every Year
  • From $1.5 Million to $150,000: The Dairy Genetics Shakeout and Your Next Move

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