Episode notes
At 78, Temple Grandin isn't slowing down—she's sounding the alarm. The woman who revolutionized livestock handling through her autistic "visual thinking" now warns that dairy's relentless pursuit of maximum production is creating "biological system overload" that's quietly bankrupting operations. Fresh from receiving the 2025 AVMA Humane Award, Grandin reveals how her latest research on beef cattle heart failure serves as a canary in the coal mine for dairy genetics, while sharing data-driven strategies that can boost your milk production by 3.5-13% through better animal handling alone.
Key Takeaways
- Why dairy farmers underestimate lameness by 50% and how each lame cow costs 800 pounds of milk per lactation
- The hidden economics of "bad becoming normal" and why objective measurement system ...
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