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E567 The $97,000 Breeding Meeting: How a 500-Cow Dairy Capped Beef at 35%
Season 1 Episode 567
A $1,200 calf check tomorrow could cost you a $3,800 heifer bill two breeding seasons from now. The replacement pipeline has never been thinner.
That …
4 months ago
E566 Roybrook in 2026: The $15,000 Cull Cheque Behind a Real Cow Family
Season 1 Episode 566
In 1956, Roy Ormiston paid $750 for a five‑year‑old Holstein in a Bowmanville barn — and quietly rewired the breed.
He called her Balsam Brae Pluto So…
4 months ago
E565 Holstein Canada Has Six Months of Cash. HAUSA Has Twenty. The 2030 Math Isn’t Close.
Season 1 Episode 565
Holstein Canada closed 2025 with $6.89M in reserve. Holstein Association USA sits on $30.5M. One can absorb a contract shock. The other just took unl…
4 months ago
E564 Closed Since 1956: 4 Master Breeder Families and a $54,665 Inbreeding Bill
Season 1 Episode 564
Lactanet just put Holstein heifer inbreeding at 9.99%, and on a 500-cow herd, that gap models out to $54,665 a year in lost milk alone — before ferti…
4 months ago
E563 $3,010 Heifers and the $40,000 Calf Program Math You’re Not Running
Season 1 Episode 563
A 4% pre-weaning mortality rate buries about $27,000 a year on a 500-cow herd. At 5–6%, it's past $40,000. Still calling your calf program "good enou…
4 months ago
E562 World Dairy Expo Is the Benchmark. These 10 Other Shows Are Worth Your Passport.
Season 1 Episode 562
It's 6:47 in the morning. You're standing in a barn that smells like fresh shavings, tail adhesive, and possibility. Your back hurts. You've slept fo…
4 months, 1 week ago
E561 Burt Haugen Came Home From Vietnam in ’68 to Milk Cows. He’s One of the 0.4%.
Season 1 Episode 561
Veterans make up 9% of US agricultural producers, but just 0.4% choose dairy. This systemic gap leaves 3,700 leadership-tested workers behind.
On this…
4 months, 1 week ago
E560 Maughlin Storm Built the Modern Holstein Cow. He Also Hid a Killer in Her Pedigree.
Season 1 Episode 560
Born August 1991 from a $4,400 heifer calf in Rockwood, Ontario, Storm became the most copied type sire of his generation — Class Extra at C.I.A.Q., …
4 months, 1 week ago
E559 $60 Silage, $220 Delivered: The 28% Hidden Premium on a 500-Cow Bunker
Season 1 Episode 559
A 500-cow Southwest dairy booked corn silage at $60/ton. Shrink-adjusted, the cows ate $220/ton DM — $0.89/cow/day, $162,000 a year, before milk hit …
4 months, 1 week ago
E558 The $427,500 Diesel Hole McCarty Locks Shut Before January 1
Season 1 Episode 558
A 50-cent diesel move costs a 19,000-cow dairy $427,500 a year. McCarty Family Farms books roughly 90% of next year's diesel before January 1 — and t…
4 months, 1 week ago