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Dairy Dispatch

  • H5N1’s $950-Per-Cow Hit: Why Your Next Dollar Belongs at the Gate, Not the Dashboard
    89% tested positive. Only 20% showed signs. By the time you see H5N1, it's already spreading—and testing alone won't save you.     […]
  • 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: Weste […]
  • Global Dairy Markets Kick Off 2026 With A Surprise Rally – But Don’t Get Too Comfortable Yet
    The first 2026 GDT rally is real—but the farms that win from it will be the ones already managing margin, not chasing price. Executive Summary: G […]
  • Cut Your Replacement Rate by 7 Points. Save $210,000. Lower Your Carbon Footprint. Here’s How.
    Forget carbon credits. The real money is in your cull rate. Farms that dropped 7 points kept $210,000—and watched their emissions fall. No new tech. J […]
  • 18 Months to Fix Your Dairy Math: Culls, Heifers and Processor Power in the New Dairy Reality
    39% fewer farms. Record milk. If your strategy is ‘wait for the next good cycle,’ this article is your reality check. Executive Summary: Dairy is […]

Top News Posts from Past Week

  • 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…
  • 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 Phone Call Most Dairy Farmers Won’t Make- And the Three Marriages It Saved Inside the Minnesota families who asked for help before it was too late—and why their choice could change how you think about survival. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Katie Elvehjem was ready to drive…
  • When Land Is Worth More Than Milk in California’s Lost Dairy Valley 400 dairies became 3,176 warehouses. Before you face that math, see how one California dairy valley made its hardest choice. Executive Summary: At its peak in the late 1980s, California’s San…
  • The Traits That Should Disqualify Bulls- But Often Don’t: How Genomic Selection Changed the Rules of Knockout Traits What dairy breeders are discovering about the gap between traits that theoretically eliminate bulls and the ones that actually prevent collection and sale EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The traits that should disqualify bulls…

More News

  • The Missing Piece in Genomic Selection: Why the Best Herds Still Walk the Pens
  • I Can’t Keep Taking the Hits”: Three Families Still Standing Where 18 Dairies Fell
  • $8.2B Exports, $2,500 Heifers: Why Your Milk Check Is Stuck – and the Beef‑on‑Dairy and Genetics Decisions You Can’t Duck in 2026
  • You Won the Whole Milk Fight. Here’s Why Your Milk Check Didn’t Move.
  • Mercosur Math: Why 30,000 Tonnes of Cheese is Actually 550 Displaced Herds

Feature Articles

  • 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 […]
  • dairy heifer shortage reckoning438,000 Missing Heifers. $4,100 Price Tags. Beef-on-Dairy’s Reckoning Has Arrived.
    Biology doesn't negotiate. The heifers you didn't breed in 2023 can't freshen in 2026. $4,100 price tags are just the start o […]
  • Robert Chicoine Genetic LegacyRobert 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 m […]

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

  • 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
  • Ray Brubacher: The Holstein Legend Who Quit Two Dream Jobs 
  • Editor’s Choice 2025: 10 Articles Your Competitors Already Read Twice

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