S1E659 - E659 Five Roads to Madison: The Cows, Families and Decisions Behind Five Elite Programs

It’s the phone call every dairy farmer dreads, usually coming in the dead of night. A prized cow is down. For Tom and Kelli Cull, that agonizing moment arrived when one of the most valuable show cows in the world suffered a severe hip dislocation. The easy, purely financial decision would have been to walk away. The experts said her career was over; some warned her life was, too. But instead of accepting the end, they risked their reputation, their capital, and their hearts on a grueling, year-long recovery that would redefine their entire operation. This is a st...