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$3,010 Heifers, 30% Labor Jumps: The Mid-Size Dairy Survival Crisis
$3,010 heifers. 30% labor jump. A 650-cow Wisconsin dairyman told me: 'The math that worked five years ago just doesn't add up anymore.' He's right—an […]
The Quiet Revolution: Two Young Dairy People Who Refused to Choose Between Love and Survival
Rachel Craun and Jon Chapman didn't inherit easy paths. They're carving new ones—and in doing so, they're teaching us what loyalty to an industry real […]
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 […]

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 every farm parent think…
6 Months. 113 Outbreaks. Farmers vs. Riot Police. France’s Lumpy Skin Disease Crisis Is Writing North America’s Playbook in Real Time Military helicopters dropping vaccines. Farmers in riot gear standoffs with police. A disease that jumped 300 kilometers in weeks despite aggressive containment. France's lumpy skin disease crisis is writing the…
Blondin Goldwyn Subliminal EX-97: A Final Bow for the Queen The Holstein breed says goodbye to an irreplaceable icon whose influence will echo through genetics and show rings for decades. There are great cows. There are legendary cows. And then,…
When Christmas Magic Happens at 4 A.M.: The Vermont Dairy Farmer Who Turned a Midnight Calving into a Children’s Classic While the world sleeps on Christmas Eve, farmers walk to the barn. One dairyman turned that walk into a children's book. There is a specific kind of silence that only…
CUSMA Won’t Kill Your Farm – But the Next 18 Months Will Decide If You Survive The upcoming trade review isn't just policy noise—it's a deadline that's separating dairy operations positioned for the future from those still hoping the past will return. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Trade deals don't…

From $1 Million Cows to 6 Dead Workers: The 10 Stories That Defined Dairy’s 2025 Reckoning
Six workers dead in a manure pit. A $75M dairy bankrupt. A cow sells for $1M. One industry. One year. Ten lessons you can't a […]
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 T […]
16,000 Dairy Farms Gone: The 5-Question Test to Know If You’ll Survive
A 55-year-old expands with $3M debt. He's 70 before it's manageable—exactly when the transition should happen. That's the tra […]
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas… in the Freestall Barn
While social media influencers are asleep right now. You're standing in a frozen barn at midnight, holding a flashlight, beca […]
Does Your Breeding Program Fit Your Milk Market?
The same genetics cost one farm $190,000/year and make another farm $57,000. The difference? Market alignment. E447 Does Your […]

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…
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 |…
Four 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 Four Bets. Five Legends: The Holstein Vision | RSS.com…
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…
16,000 Dairy Farms Gone: The 5-Question Test to Know If You’ll Survive A 55-year-old expands with $3M debt. He's 70 before it's manageable—exactly when the transition should happen. That's the trap nobody talks about. E449 16,000 Dairy Farms Gone: The 5-Question Test…