E389 Charlie Will’s Comeback: How One Rejection Letter Created Holstein History

Select Sires rejected Charlie Will in 1974. Today, his bulls influence virtually every Holstein pedigree on the planet. This special profile episode reveals how a farm kid from Southern Illinois built dairy's greatest genetic empire through the backdoor—and why his contrarian approach to bull selection is your survival blueprint for today's $17/cwt milk reality. We expose the shocking 10-year probation story, decode why ELTON's mediocre dam produced 5,039 Excellent granddaughters, and uncover the three principles that made Charlie's bulls outsell everyone else's by millions of units.

Key Takeaways:

• How Charlie turned rejection into revolution: The MABC backdoor strategy that changed dairy genetics forever
• The BLACKSTAR breakthrough that ended 10 years of secret probation at Select Sires
• Why looking at bulls everyo ...