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E546 The $6,600 6‑Week Weaning ‘Savings’ Trap: Why It Can Mean an $11,000 BRD and Calving Bill on a 300‑Cow Dairy
Season 1 Episode 546
A 300-cow Wisconsin dairy thought 6-week weaning saved $6,600 a year. The real cost, once BRD and age at first calving were priced in: $11,190.
This e…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
E545 Stud Wars April 2026 — The Empire Strikes Back
Season 1 Episode 545
STgen owns 90 of the top 100 genomic Net Merit young bulls in April 2026 — and that ranking concentration buys them single-digit U.S. semen market sh…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
E544 490 PA Dairies Gone in 2025. Two Spent $40,500 to Not Be Next.
Season 1 Episode 544
Pennsylvania lost 490 dairies in 2025. Two farms spent $40,500 each to graduate the state's first Dairy Herd Manager apprentices — and the math says …
5 months ago
E543 The Economic Reality of Pellet-Free Robotic Milking. A Retrofit Barn Could Lose $71K Trying.
Season 1 Episode 543
Double Creek Dairy in Merced, California reports $171,000 a year saved going pellet-free on eight DeLaval V300s. Run the same play in a 240-cow free-…
5 months ago
E542 Gene-Edited Cows Are Legal. Your 2029 Milk Cheque Isn’t Safe.
Season 1 Episode 542
FDA cleared SLICK Holsteins in 2022. Health Canada cleared gene-edited pork in January 2026. No processor has agreed to pay base price for gene-edite…
5 months ago
E541 The New FMMO Rule Costs a 500-Cow Dairy $97,750 a Year – Before a Mile of Freight
Season 1 Episode 541
One of ND's last 18 Grade A dairies now hauls milk 5 hours one way. The 2025 FMMO rule pulls $97,750–$106,950 annually from a 500-cow herd at 230 cwt…
5 months ago
E540 Holstein Canada’s Governance Rewrite Passed. 0.8% of Members Voted.
Season 1 Episode 540
On April 18, 2026, sixty-five out of 7,900 Holstein Canada members rewrote 141 years of dairy democracy. Three of the four biggest by-law clauses pas…
5 months ago
E539 Your Handshake Succession Plan Is Worth $31,700. Ask the Metskes.
Season 1 Episode 539
A trial judge gave the Metske family $405,000 for six years on their dairy. Ontario's Court of Appeal slashed it to $31,700. That's what a handshake …
5 months, 1 week ago
E538 Quebec Spring Holstein Show 2026
Season 1 Episode 538
A Five-Year-Old cow walks into the Grand Champion callout at Quebec Spring Show 2026. Behind her: a pedigree that traces through Sidekick, Crushtime,…
5 months, 1 week ago
E537 $368 Insurance, −$1,830 from Farming: What Actually Keeps One Iowa Dairy Alive
Season 1 Episode 537
USDA says the median U.S. farm household lost $1,830 farming in 2024 — and earned $86,900 off the farm. When enhanced ACA subsidies expired in Decemb…
5 months, 1 week ago