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Dairy Dispatch

  • What Higher Treasury Yields Actually Mean for Dairy Heifer Financing
    The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield hit 5.365% on October 7, 2026, its highest level in 24 years, according to Tradeweb data reported by Dow Jones. I […]
  • China’s Top-10% Semen Rule Doesn’t Say Which Index Counts
    Australia and Canada sent 92,573 straws by August. APHIS still lists the U.S. certificate as under negotiation. And China's top-10% rule doesn't say w […]
  • Net Merit Ranks the Females. Your Replacement Target Sets the Sexed-Semen Cutoff
    It's breeding-list day: 700 eligible females, 130 first-calvers needed. A fixed 60% sexed list projects 193. Rank on Net Merit, then stop the list at […]
  • California Water Board Puts Coverage Before Cows: 150 Head, 60–122 Acres by Our Math
    150 added cows, 60 to 122 acre-equivalents of nitrogen room by our math. To count them as existing herd, California's order wants coverage before the […]
  • NEXT’s 2¢/cwt Question: How Many Exports Would Happen Anyway?
    NMPF counts the contracts and checks the deliveries. Neither shows which exports needed the money. NMPF's NEXT export program, approved in June 2025 a […]

Top Dispatch Posts from Past Week

  • China’s Top-10% Semen Rule Doesn’t Say Which Index Counts Australia and Canada sent 92,573 straws by August. APHIS still lists the U.S. certificate as under negotiation. And China's top-10% rule doesn't say which index ranks your bull. China is…
  • Canada’s Surtaxes Put Up to US$6.2M a Month on U.S. Cheese and Whey At 2025 volumes, Canada's 25% and 50% surtaxes would cost U.S. cheese and whey exporters up to US$6.21 million a month in duty. Since Sept. 29, eight lines of Canadian…
  • Milk Fell. Costs Rose. What Kept These Dairy Budgets Positive? Milk fell $1.72/cwt and costs rose $1.07, yet the Northeast average moved six cents. On Bullvine's math, a 31% cut in cattle, crop and other income erases that cushion. For…
  • Repeat Calf Pneumonia: US$450 in Three-Year Repeat-BRD Savings Versus a US$1,419 Workup In Bullvine's illustrative herd, preventing every second episode saves about US$450 in modeled short-term costs over three years, against a US$1,419 investigation budget. Payback requires additional benefits. At a Glance…
  • California Water Board Puts Coverage Before Cows: 150 Head, 60–122 Acres by Our Math 150 added cows, 60 to 122 acre-equivalents of nitrogen room by our math. To count them as existing herd, California's order wants coverage before the cattle truck backs in. The…

Feature Articles

  • corn silage alfalfa ratioMiner’s 30:70 Mix: A Thin Margin at Higher Feed Cost
    Coming from a 10:90 mix, Miner's reported 0.09-lb protein edge is worth about 24 cents a cow a day. Add 20 cents to the ratio […]
  • Build a Better CowBuild a Better Cow: Five Tests Holstein USA Must Pass Before Sale
    A camera can measure a cow consistently and still be wrong. In a hypothetical Bullvine example, three readings agree within o […]
  • Breeding the 2035 Cow? Six Traits to Check Beyond LPI and Pro$
    In Lactanet's April 2026 Canadian Holstein proofs, six traits show little linear association with LPI or Pro$. If these trait […]
  • Horace BackusHorace Backus: The Pedigree Man Who Earned a Breed’s Trust
    The people who worked beside him in the auction box remember the hours he put into every catalog and how freely he passed on […]
  • beef-on-dairy premiumsBeef-on-Dairy Premiums Rose in Dollars and Fell to 29%–38%, Michigan State Found
    Pennsylvania No. 1 beef-cross bull calves brought US$341.32 over dairy bull calves in 2025, up from US$96.78. The percentage […]

Popular Articles from the Past 30 Days

  • International Holstein Show – World Dairy Expo 2026 A year after Honorable Mention Grand, Milk Source's five-year-old is Ryan Krohlow's Grand Champion. She's also the first Expo Grand her leadsman has ever led. Eixdale Pwrup Alongside has been…
  • International Red & White Show – World Dairy Expo 2026 Akooza Delivers: Golden Oaks' Five-Year-Old Claims Grand at the International Red & White Show Judge Aaron Eaton names Luck-E Devour Akooza-Red-ET the best-uddered cow of the show as Golden Oaks…
  • International Jersey Show – World Dairy Expo 2026 Mike Berry's two days in the Coliseum ended where the last two Expos did – with Vierra Dairy Farms' great cow on top and Milk Source Genetics' Dixie right behind…
  • Seven Breeds, One Read: Every World Dairy Expo 2026 Champion and What They Told Breeders Bailey made it two. Peter Vail, 87, turned up in five breeds' results. An 18-cow New Hampshire herd won Milking Shorthorn Grand again. Here's the whole week in one read,…
  • Autumn Opportunity Holstein Show 2026 Carleton Bad To The Bone Wins Grand at the 2026 Autumn Opportunity Holstein Show, and Best Udder Went With the Class Win in 8 of 10 Cow Classes Kyle Rivington…

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