Dairy Dispatch

• Suton Paulson Climbs From Third to Overall Fitter at 2026 World Dairy Expo
  He was third in 2025. This year Suton Paulson won the Michael Heath Overall Fitter Award and ended Pennsylvania's two-year hold on it. Seven of the 20 […]
• Dairy Drone Accuracy: UW–Madison Clocked 83% on the Herd, 70% on Which Calf
  Three in ten IDs point at the wrong calf. Across a 200-calf hutch row, that's about 60 records tied to the wrong hutch, and the headline accuracy numb […]
• Stop Benchmarking Against Order 30’s Biggest Dairies: Protein Hit Nearly Double Fat in August
  560 farms ship 63.61% of Order 30's milk, so the order average is mostly theirs. At 2025 prices, their test edge on the typical farm is worth $221 to […]
• California’s Water Board Drew a Herd Line. The Next Cow Has to Carry Its Own 
  Sept. 15 set your existing herd. Add 100 cows now, and their manure must clear 1.4 A/R before they arrive: 35 to 64 acres, or a hauler who beats $0.87 […]
• Comestar at 50: Four Millionaire Sires, Two Cows of the Year and One Quota Bet
  Marc Comtois bought an 18-cow farm at 18. Fifty years later, one Comestar cow family has put at least 4.5 million doses into the world, and a 2003 bor […]