E381 World Dairy Expo Day 4: 10-Year-Old Cow Stuns Industry with Second Grand Championship

A decade-old Brown Swiss in her seventh lactation just demolished 379 younger competitors to claim her second Grand Championship at World Dairy Expo—while producing 60 kilos daily. With replacement heifers now exceeding $4,000 and dairy farms culling at three lactations, this unprecedented victory exposes the industry's most expensive mistake: premature culling. This emergency recap from Madison reveals why farms keeping cows to seven lactations are banking $20,000 more per cow than those following conventional wisdom, and how a California-Canada partnership built on trust is rewriting the rules of modern dairy management.

Key Takeaways:

• Why Iroquois Acres Jong Cali's championship at age 10 signals a fundamental shift in replacement economics—and what it means for your bottom line
• The $20,000 question: Ho ...