E601 Steve Jaeger’s $511 Fresh Co...
E601 Steve Jaeger’s $511 Fresh Cow Problem – And the Hidden $111‑Per‑Cow Fix 4,495 Cows Just Proved

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Dropping fresh cow milk to withdrawal is quietly draining your tank. An 8-farm, 4495-cow trial proves there is a hidden $111 margin fix per cow.

Most dairies fail to track withdrawal milk as its own line item on the P&L. On this episode of The Bullvine Podcast, we examine how a zero-withdrawal oral protocol built around quorum sensing inhibition cuts metritis by 34 percent and retained placentas by 71 percent. With replacement heifers trading at historical highs over $2900, keeping fresh cows alive past their payback point is a six-figure capital decision.

What You'll Learn:

• Why treating metritis as a single-pen issue hides an average $511 cost per affected cow

• How an oral fresh-cow protocol generated 668 pounds of additional milk per cow in the first 100 DIM

• Real-world data from an H5N1 avian influenza  ... 

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