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E532 Powerhouse Up 119, Rozline Down 626: The April 2026 Holstein Proof Reset on Your Sire List
Season 1 Episode 532
One formula change just reshuffled every semen tank in North America. Holstein USA shifted protein to 24% of TPI and dropped fat to 14% — and the fal…
2 months ago
E531 $7,700 Saved, $156,600 Lost: The Beef-on-Dairy Trap CoBank Warned You About
Season 1 Episode 531
You think your $8 beef straws are saving money. The spreadsheet says otherwise. In this episode of The Bullvine Podcast, we tear apart the economics …
2 months ago
E530 From 65 Cows to 10,000, the Bull Nobody Wanted, and an Economist Who Tells It Straight: WDE Names Its 2026 Award Winners
Season 1 Episode 530
World Dairy Expo just named its 2026 class of honorees — and this year's picks tell the story of where dairy has been, where it's headed, and who's a…
2 months ago
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…
2 months 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…
2 months, 1 week 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 months, 1 week 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 months, 1 week 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 months, 2 weeks 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…
2 months, 2 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…
2 months, 2 weeks ago