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E584 Brookview Tony Charity: A $47,000 Gamble That Outlived Everyone Who Doubted Her
Season 1 Episode 584
Brookview Tony Charity walked into a 1981 sale ring with swollen hocks and a crowd that had cooled on her. One man, Peter Heffering, looked past all …
3 months, 1 week ago
E583 Outlook Dairy Lost 35 of 55 Workers Before Lunch. Then the Cows Lined Up.
Season 1 Episode 583
Outlook Dairy started June 4, 2025 with 55 workers. By sundown, 35 were gone — and the cows still needed milking at 4 a.m. One enforcement action. Tw…
3 months, 1 week ago
E582 H5N1 Is Back in 15 Dairies in 30 Days – and Only 1 in 4 Parlor Workers Wore a Respirator
Season 1 Episode 582
Only 1 in 4 parlor workers wore a respirator while H5N1 went airborne. The riskiest spot on your farm isn't the bulk tank.
Fifteen dairy herds tested …
3 months, 1 week ago
E581 Falling Semen Sales Aren’t Bad News – They’re Proof You Bred Better
Season 1 Episode 581
U.S. dairies bought 45.8 million semen units in 2025, down 6% — and NAAB president Jay Weiker says that drop is partly a win. Fewer straws are settli…
3 months, 1 week ago
E580 The Proof You Waited Three Years For Averaged a $72 Markdown
Season 1 Episode 580
A Virginia Tech analysis of 2,400+ genomic-tested Holstein bulls found the average daughter-proof came in $72 lower in Net Merit than the genomic pre…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
E579 Microsoft Got a “Tolerance Decision.” Dutch Dairies Got Closure Orders.
Season 1 Episode 579
Same nitrogen law, same maps. Microsoft's data center got a "tolerance decision" to keep building. The dairy down the road got a buyout letter and an…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
E578 Against All Odds: The Dreamers, Rebels, and Risk-Takers Who Built the Modern Holstein
Season 1 Episode 578
Hanover-Hill Triple Threat-Red was the calf the establishment said should never have been born — and they paid a world-record $60,000 for him anyway.…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
E577 The Spreadsheet Beats the Pedigree: Why Holstein USA Honored an Economist
Season 1 Episode 577
magine standing in a crowded ballroom in Orlando, Florida, surrounded by six generations of breeding legacy, elite bloodlines, and the ghosts of show…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
E576 Beef-on-Dairy Math: $25,200 Rides on Your Semen Order
Season 1 Episode 576
A +0.65 marbling EPD beef bull can beat a bargain straw by up to $25,200 a year on a 168-head crop — when the grid rewards it. Most dairies never che…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
E575 A 400-Cow Herd Loses $27,800 a Year to Ketosis – Then Pays Twice for “Rumen-Protected” Additives That Never Reach the Cow
Episode 575
A 400-cow herd loses up to $27,800 a year to subclinical ketosis — then pays again for "rumen-protected" additives that may never reach the cow.
That …
3 months, 3 weeks ago