Purdue set the polled semen break-even at $4.17 a straw — $5.70 in 2026 dollars. Check that against tonight's semen invoice.

Two traits get sold to you as the future. Only one has a testable number behind it. The Bullvine Podcast works through the Journal of Dairy Science figure on homozygous polled genetics, then the Minnesota survey where 82% of farms converted to A2 believing consumers wanted it — and only 15% said anyone was actually paying more.

What You'll Learn

• Why $4.17 a straw is a ceiling, not a target, and how inflation moved it
• What the Purdue authors admitted about the limits of their own model
• Three questions to ask your milk buyer before you weight A2A2 in a mating
• Why an 82% belief rate against 15% payment is the gap that should worry you

The polled number is peer-reviewed ...