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E491 The $8,100 Gamble on Missy, 198 Dragged Genes, and the 20-Year Breeding Blind Spot Hiding in Your Herd
Season 1 Episode 491
In 2003, Matt Steiner called into a Wisconsin sale barn and bid $8,100 on a cow the room had already written off. Wesswood-HC Rudy Missy EX-92 went o…
1 week, 4 days ago
E490 Ginger Rogers: The Oscar Winner Who Bet It All on Golden Guernseys
Season 1 Episode 490
Ginger Rogers poured her Oscar money into 32 Golden Guernseys on a thousand acres of Oregon riverfront — then lost them all to a world war. In 1941, …
1 week, 6 days ago
E489 Gold Medal Margins: Italy Turns Less Milk into €22.8B. You’re Stuck at $18.95.
Season 1 Episode 489
USDA’s latest outlook pegs 2026 all‑milk at about $18.95/cwt while full‑cost breakevens for many progressive herds sit closer to $19.50–$20.50. At th…
2 weeks ago
E488 From 1,810 Dairy Farms to 18: How North Dakota’s Processing Collapse Cornered the Holle Family – and Could Corner You
Season 1 Episode 488
North Dakota lost 99% of its dairy farms in under four decades. If you think that can't happen where you milk, this episode is for you.
In 1987, North…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
E487 81% Never Got Help. Randy Roecker Is Training Milk Haulers to Save Dairy Farmers’ Lives.
Season 1 Episode 487
Here's a stat that should stop every dairy professional in their tracks: 81% of farmers who die by suicide never received any mental health treatment…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
E486 Jack Remsberg – The Man Behind Elevation: Three Shots, Forty Thousand Cows, and the Trust That Built a Legacy
Season 1 Episode 486
The bull didn’t want his picture taken. A 3,000‑pound Holstein named Round Oak Rag Apple Elevation was snorting at the end of the lead in an Ohio stu…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
E485 After 75 Years and 850 Doorsteps, One Number Forced Cooil’s Dairy to Choose – How Close Are You?
Season 1 Episode 485
For 75 years, Cooil's Dairy on the Isle of Man delivered milk before dawn to over a thousand households at peak. Then the math quietly turned. Not a …
2 weeks, 4 days ago
E484 Walkway Chief Mark: The Backup Bull Behind Seven Percent of Every Holstein Cow
Season 1 Episode 484
Walkway Chief Mark was never supposed to be sampled. His brother Monroe was the plan — until Monroe died. One phone call from a young analyst named C…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
E483 Robotic Milking Pays 13% More – After 7 Years of Red Ink
Season 1 Episode 483
Everyone’s heard the sales pitch: robotic milking boosts production, cuts labor, and “pays for itself.” The latest USDA data even says robots can lif…
3 weeks ago
E482 Sixty Cows Above the Clouds: How a Tiny Alpine Herd Won Europe’s Biggest Breeding Honor
Season 1 Episode 482
When Rupert Wenger was ten years old, his parents handed him a calf named Mailand. He had no idea that animal would reshape his entire life—or that t…
3 weeks, 1 day ago