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E571 Oakfield Corners Dairy Lost 17 Genotyped Heifers Overnight. One Tip Brought Them Home
Season 1 Episode 571
One tip beat a stolen trailer with a head start. Seventeen genotyped Holstein heifers vanished from Oakfield Corners Dairy overnight, and all 17 were…
1 week, 5 days ago
E570 Tinder for Cows: How a Kiwi Sharemilker’s ChatGPT App Is Outbreeding the National Herd
Season 1 Episode 570
It's a Friday night in the Waikato. The rugby's on, his wife's gone to bed, and Matthew Zonderop is staring at a laptop full of red error messages. F…
1 week, 5 days ago
E569 When the Methionine Standard Hit the Fat Bin: One Midwest Dairy’s $50,000 Omega‑3 Reckoning
Season 1 Episode 569
More than 85% of the EPA and 75% of the DHA in calcium salts of fish oil never make it past the rumen. One Midwest herd ran the chemistry — and stopp…
1 week, 6 days ago
E568 Henry Yoder’s $3,447‑Per‑Cow Mastitis Wake‑Up Call: From 10–12 Cows Out of the Tank to 5–6 on His 1,100‑Cow Wisconsin Dairy
Season 1 Episode 568
10–12 cows out of the tank every single day. Same barns, same crew, same seven‑day treatments on repeat. Then Henry Yoder stopped reaching for the tu…
2 weeks ago
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 …
2 weeks, 2 days 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…
2 weeks, 3 days 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…
2 weeks, 5 days 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…
2 weeks, 6 days 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…
3 weeks 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…
3 weeks ago