S1E452 - E452 The Year Dairy Lost $6.7 Billion: The Bullvine’s Top 15+ Articles of 2025

While you debated TPI rankings, inbreeding quietly climbed to 15.2%. While everyone celebrated beef-on-dairy premiums, replacement heifer costs hit a historic $2,870 per head—because there aren't enough dairy replacements left to go around. This special year-end episode pulls back the curtain on the 16 most consequential stories of 2025 and asks the question nobody wants to answer: Are you a survivor, or a statistic? The numbers don't lie, and the industry's biggest moves happened while most producers were arguing about the wrong things.

3. Key Takeaways

Why the $6.7 billion inbreeding cost isn't theoretical—and how it's already showing up in your...