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Dairy Dispatch

  • USDA’s $700M Regenerative Push: What the 90% Cost-Share Won’t Tell Dairy Farmers
    The 90% cost-share headline looks great. The fine print? You pay first. USDA reimburses later. That timing gap breaks some dairy farms. Executive Summ […]
  • Electric Dairy Tractors: Monarch Now, Deere Later, or Neither?
    Electric tractors save $6,500/year in fuel. But 161% higher borrowing costs might eat those savings. Let's do the math. Executive Summary: Monarc […]
  • Trump’s $12 Billion Missed Dairy: Your 30-Day Window Before Lenders Come Calling
    Trump's $12B went to grain farmers. Dairy's much-needed big relief check isn't coming. Your lender's review is. You've got 30 days to get ahead. Execu […]
  • The Efficiency Trap: How Mid-Sized Dairies Can Win the 18-Month Asset Race
    63% of U.S. milk now comes from 1,000+ cow operations. For mid-sized farms, the next 18 months are about turning assets into options—before you're for […]
  • Breeding Into a Moving Market: What Butterfat’s Crash Reveals About Dairy’s Genetic Timing Problem
    The same genomic tools that delivered record milk components are now prompting producers to rethink how they approach breeding decisions—and the lesso […]

Top News from the Past Week

  • The Wall of Milk: Making Sense of 2025’s Global Dairy Crunch This downturn feels different because it is. Four major exporters expanded at once, and $15 milk is testing every assumption. Here's what the resilient dairies know. Your browser does not…
  • Ferrari Genetics, Go-Kart Support: Why 30,000-Pound Cows Are Gone by Lactation Three Today's dairy cows have more genetic potential than any generation before them. And yet we're dropping race-car engines into go-karts and acting surprised when the wheels start coming off. Your…
  • Bailouts, Beef, and Butterfat: When $15K Won’t Fix a $370K Hole $15,000 from Washington. $370,000 in the red. The bailout's a band-aid on a bullet wound—here's what producers who'll survive 2026 are doing right now. Your browser does not support the…
  • Butterfat Crashed. Beef Calves Hit $1,400. Now What? $3.71 butterfat in 2023. $1.70 today. Same cows. Different math. Different future. Your browser does not support the audio element. Executive Summary: Butterfat crashed 54%—from a record $3.71/lb in October 2023…
  • World Dairy Expo 2026: Eight Elite Judges Named to Place the Industry’s Finest The stakes just got higher in Madison. World Dairy Expo dropped the judge lineup for its 59th edition, and the selections aren't just names on paper—they're the architects of genetic…

More News

  • £10,000 a Month in the Red: Why UK Dairy Margins Collapsed – And What’s Actually Working
  • Cheap Milk Is Breaking the Farm: What’s Really Hollowing Out Dairy’s Middle Class
  • $11 Billion Bet on Protein: Is Your Milk Check Positioned to Win?
  • $950 Per Cow Is Only the Start: Bird Flu’s True Cost to Your Dairy
  • Dairy’s National Average Is a Lie: Texas +50,000 Cows, Washington -21,000 – Your 90-Day Plan

Feature Articles

  • Holstein breeding legendsFour 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 […]
  • dairy industry trends 20252025 Dairy Year in Review: Ten Forces That Redefined Who’s Positioned to Thrive Through 2028
    Everyone's celebrating 2025's wins. Almost nobody's asking how heifer shortage, processor overcapacity, and component changes […]
  • The 2025 Gift Guide Built on Four Hard Questions
    At 4:47 AM, with a calf in one hand and dirty twine in the other, you find out which gifts actually work. E438 The 2025 Gift […]
  • Dairy Farm ProfitabilityColostrum. Lameness. Beef Sires. The December 2025 Journal of Dairy Science Just Changed All Three.
    At 4 liters, calves kick in pain. Collars miss lameness 23 days early. The wrong beef sire erases your premium. The December […]
  • professional relief milkingThe Woman Who Milks Other People’s Dreams: Michele Schroeder’s Unexpected Path from Historic Dairy Legacy to Relief Milking Pioneer
    Meet the Minnesota dairy farmer who sold her cows but kept her calling—and why her story matters more than you think for the […]

Popular Articles from the Past 30 Days

  • 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 |…
  • Canadian National Jersey Show 2025 – The Royal Judge: Kelly Barbee STONEY POINT JOEL BAILEYGrand ChampionRoyal Winter Fair Jersey Show 2025VIERRA DAIRY, NORTH LEWISBURG, OH Senior & Grand Champion: Stoney Point Joel Bailey (Joel), 1st aged cow, Vierra Dairy,…
  • The $640 Question: Why Some Dairy Farmers Are Rethinking Everything They Know About Dry-Off Wisconsin trial: 47% fewer deaths, 70% less leakage, $640 more per cow. The dry-off method? Backwards from everything you know. E421 The $640 Question: Why Some Dairy Farmers Are |…
  • The Robot Truth: 86% Satisfaction, 28% Profitability – Who’s Really Winning? When satisfaction rates soar but profitability plummets, the dairy industry's automation revolution reveals uncomfortable truths about who really wins The Robot Paradox reveals dairy farming's uncomfortable truth: while 86% of…
  • The December Genetic Reckoning: Former Champions Fall, New Kings Rise – and Your 2026 Strategy Just Changed December didn't just reshuffle the rankings—it exposed who was betting on hype. Top bulls cratered overnight. New kings emerged. Your 2026 matings need a rewrite. E430 The December Genetic Reckoning:…

More Articles

  • The $775-Per-Cow Secret: Why This California Dairy’s Hospital Pen Stays Empty
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  • They Called Him the Three-Legged Bull. He Created the Modern Red Holstein: The Untold Story of Hanover-Hill Triple Threat-Red
  • The $500 Transition Gap: Why Your Neighbor’s Fresh Cows May Outperform Yours by Next Winter
  • The Real Reason Dairy Farms Are Disappearing (Hint: It’s Not About Better Farming)

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