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E529 The Importers: Cows Shot, Mansions Burned, Pedigrees Built
Season 1 Episode 529
On a cold Massachusetts morning, state men rode up Winthrop Chenery's lane with rifles to shoot his Dutch cows. Rinderpest had come, but before the e…
1 week, 5 days ago
E528 TPI 2026’s $17,500 Protein Trap: Breeding Holsteins for a Protein Market That Doesn’t Exist
Season 1 Episode 528
Most Holstein breeders are quietly shifting their sire lists after the latest TPI update — without ever checking whether the new formula actually mat…
1 week, 6 days ago
E527 Galicia’s Farmers Tracked 12 Portuguese Tankers a Day Into a €14 Million Subsidized Plant. Then They Dumped 15,000 Litres on the Pavement.
Season 1 Episode 527
Galician farmers didn't just dump 15,000 litres of Portuguese milk on the pavement — they exposed a processor playbook running across every dairy mar…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
E526 The New York Spring Dairy Carousel 2026
Season 1 Episode 526
The New York Spring Dairy Carousel is one of those weekends that reminds you why you fell in love with cows in the first place.
In this episode of The…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
E525 $60,000 an Acre: A Fortune 50 AI Company Offered the Huddlestons $26 Million for Their Kentucky Farm. They Refused.
Season 1 Episode 525
What happens when a Fortune 50 AI company offers you $60,000 an acre — and you say no? In this episode, we unpack the Mason County, Kentucky story wh…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
E524 Why Greg Bethard Passed on Private Equity — and the $6,638‑Per‑Cow Debt Line Behind That Call
Season 1 Episode 524
Nearly 40% of U.S. dairy farms disappeared between 2017 and 2022, yet national milk kept climbing. In this episode, we dig into the uncomfortable tru…
3 weeks ago
E523 The Henschels Dumped $38,664 of Milk After a Blizzard. The Federal Safety Net Paid $0.
Season 1 Episode 523
The Henschel family near Manawa, Wisconsin milked through 5-to-15-foot drifts during the March 14–16, 2026 blizzard — hit every milking, kept feed in…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
E522 The $586‑Per‑Kilo Dairy Quota Trap: Why New Ontario Quota at 6% Bleeds Cash Every Year
Season 1 Episode 522
Ontario dairy quota has been sold for years as a “safe” cornerstone asset. But with a hard cap at $24,000/kg and commercial interest rates in the 5.5…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
E521 The $0.93 FMMO Hit: 3 Questions to Protect Your 2026 Milk Cheque
Season 1 Episode 521
FMMO modernization quietly stripped $337 million from U.S. dairy pool revenues in just 90 days, shaving 85–93 cents per hundredweight off class price…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
E520 The Golden Age of the Holstein: Farmer‑Bred Sires Who Built the Genomic Era
Season 1 Episode 520
From Vermont hills where "Poor-50" bulls pumped protein like no other, to Wisconsin creek bottoms birthing Madison's longest reigning type sires — th…
3 weeks, 3 days ago