{"podcast":{"title":"The Bullvine Daily Brief","slug":"the-bullvine-7024491","podcast_index_feed_id":7024491,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/the-bullvine/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.thebullvine.com/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/the-bullvine/20240922_080924_c7bdb3080b2c19cb0dbbcb0597a7001c.png","author":"The Bullvine","episode_count":621,"summary":"Every article from TheBullvine.com — read aloud so you can keep up with dairy while you're milking, hauling, or driving fence. Daily dispatches on genetics, milk economics, herd management, policy, and the stories the trade press won't touch. No fluff, no PR, no filler — just our journalism in your ears. New articles go live in audio within hours of publication. Subscribe and the day's Bullvine comes with you.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T02:17:31.748946+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bullvine-7024491"},"episode":{"title":"E604 The 9.99% Holstein Inbreeding Bill: Are You Breeding for Profit or Just Index Points?","slug":"e604-the-9-99-holstein-inbreeding-bill-are-you-breeding-for-profit-or-just-index-points","published_at":"2026-07-03T14:02:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bullvine-7024491/e604-the-9-99-holstein-inbreeding-bill-are-you-breeding-for-profit-or-just-index-points","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bullvine-7024491","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/the-bullvine/2961902","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/290511/2961902/the-bullvine/2026_07_03_14_02_05_ad4b3619-339f-472c-951b-2a033d15387d.mp3","summary":"Holstein inbreeding just hit 9.99% in Canadian 2024 heifers — the highest of any major breed — and it's costing up to $44 per cow for every 1% rise. That number lands on every camp at once. The show breeder, the Net Merit devotee, the top-of-the-list herd — all pulling from the same narrowing bull pool. This episode of The Bullvine Podcast breaks down why TPI now weights protein at 24% while Net Merit pushes fat to 31.8%, and how a 72-cow Saskatchewan tie-stall herd bred two World Dairy Expo Grand Champions by ignoring the index list everyone else chases. What You'll Learn Why 9.99% inbreeding quietly bleeds ~$35,000 across a 200-cow herd How TPI and Net Merit now pull in opposite directions on fat vs protein What HAUSA's new 60-inch stature penalty means for tall, extreme cows Why \"just use the index\" optimizes for someone else's barn, not yours The 30-day move: match your index to your actual milk cheque How Lovhill bred champions from a broader gene pool, not a genomic list The Virginia Tech baseline pegged inbreeding at $22–$24 per cow per 1% in 1999 dollars — closer to $44 today. Canadian data shows a 10%-inbred cow, versus 5%, loses ~92 kg milk per lactation, adds days open, and drops ~65 days of productive life. It never shows up on a semen invoice. It hides in open days, mastitis, and dead calves — and CDCB is already discounting for it with Expected Future Inbreeding adjustments. Full article and sources: https://www.thebullvine.com/genetics-breeding/holstein-inbreeding-999-profit-index/ Subscribe for straight-talking dairy analysis. Share this with a producer who needs it.","meta_description":"Holstein inbreeding just hit 9.99% in Canadian 2024 heifers — the highest of any major breed — and it's costing up to $44 per cow for every 1% rise. That…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1515,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bullvine-7024491/episodes/e604-the-9-99-holstein-inbreeding-bill-are-you-breeding-for-profit-or-just-index-points/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bullvine-7024491/e604-the-9-99-holstein-inbreeding-bill-are-you-breeding-for-profit-or-just-index-points.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}