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E462 The Bullvine Dairy Curve: 15,000 U.S. Farms by 2035 and Under 10,000 by 2050 – Who’s Still Milking?
Season 1 Episode 462
By 2035, roughly 15,000 U.S. dairies will be doing the work that nearly 30,000 did a generation ago. By 2050? We're looking at well under 10,000 herd…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
E461 Did Genomics Really Deliver What We Think It Did? $238,000 Says Yes – If You Steer It Right
Season 1 Episode 461
Genomics was supposed to revolutionize dairy breeding—but did it actually show up on your bottom line, or just in semen catalogs and sale flyers? Thi…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
E460 Harborcrest Rose Milly: From Pig Money to Holstein Royalty
Season 1 Episode 460
It's 1954, and a young Ohio farmer named John Snoddy walks out of an auction barn with a gangly, too-leggy heifer that cost him $375—every cent he ma…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
E459 438,000 Missing Heifers. $4,100 Price Tags. Beef-on-Dairy’s Reckoning Has Arrived.
Season 1 Episode 459
The math looked irresistible in 2023. Breed to beef, pocket $400-800 per calf, skip the $40 sexed semen straw. But biology operates on a 30-month tim…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
E458 Robert Chicoine and the Bull Nobody Wanted: The Data Revolution That Lives in Your Herd’s DNA
Season 1 Episode 458
It's 1967, and a young geneticist is staring at an advertisement that makes his heart race. Three generations of proven excellence. Indices that prom…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
E457 Why the A2 Boom Bypassed Heritage Breeds – And What’s Actually Working
Season 1 Episode 457
The global A2 milk market is racing toward $7.6 billion, yet Guernseys—naturally high in A2 β-casein—just landed on The Livestock Conservancy's Watch…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
E454 Beef-on-Dairy’s $500,000 Swing: What 72% of Farms Know That’s Costing You $1,000/Cow Every Year
Season 1 Episode 454
The breed wars are over. The margin wars have begun. In this episode, we break down the single biggest economic shift in modern dairy breeding: the h…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
E456 From $1.5 Million to $150,000: The Dairy Genetics Shakeout and Your Next Move
Season 1 Episode 456
A decade ago, a well-managed seedstock operation with 50 elite cows could generate over $1.5 million annually in genetics revenue. Today, that same o…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
455 Ray Brubacher: The Holstein Legend Who Quit Two Dream Jobs
Season 1 Episode 455
USDA projects 5,900 dairy operations will disappear by 2028. In this special historical profile episode, we tell the untold story of Ray Brubacher — …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
E453 Editor’s Choice 2025: 10 Articles Your Competitors Already Read Twice
Season 1 Episode 453
We published over 300 feature articles in 2025. Ten of them changed how progressive dairy producers approach breeding, investment, and strategic plan…
1 month, 4 weeks ago