Dairy Dispatch

• When 5:30 AM Chores Matter More Than the NHL Draft: The Martin Family’s Extraordinary Lesson in Raising Kids Who Choose to Stay
  Nashville took him 5th overall. He was in the barn. 'The cows don't care if you're drafted,' he said. What his family did differently should make ever […]
• 83% of Dairies Overtreat Mastitis – That’s $6,500/Year Walking Out the Door
  Michigan State researchers found treatment costs varying threefold across similar operations. The difference wasn't the antibiotics. It was the decisi […]
• The $200-Per-Cow Blindspot: What Rising Inbreeding Is Costing You – and What a Decade of Crossbreeding Research Found
  New research puts hard numbers on the hidden price tag of genetic progress—and what a 10-year crossbreeding study reveals might change how you think a […]
• Four Farms Exit Daily: The $100K Decision Reshaping Dairy Survival
  What if 4:30 AM milkings can't save your farm? At $25/cwt cost against $21 milk, they won't. The math is structural. Your next move is strategic. EXEC […]
• Whole Milk Won – $4.3 Billion Too Late. Your Playbook for the Next 90 Days (And the Next Policy Fight)
  Congress just reversed the whole milk ban—$4.3 billion and 13 years after dairy farmers first called it out. But here's the uncomfortable truth: the f […]