E670 Dairy Data Pipeline: Milk Recording Herds Fell 17.3% Since 2020, Cows Just 8.2%. What Reaches the Proof?

S1E670 - E670 Dairy Data Pipeline: Milk Recording Herds Fell 17.3% Since 2020, Cows Just 8.2%. What Reaches the Proof?

Published: October 16, 2026

Duration: 40:46

Canada lost 17.3% of its recording herds since 2020. Your robot logs thousands of data points daily, but what actually reaches the national proof?

The show ring measures visible commitment, but national evaluations rely on a fragile data pipeline. On The Bullvine Podcast, we expose the gap between buying herd software and feeding the evaluation. We detail the nine-step data survival chain, why CDCB's milking speed trait ignores robots, and the October 29 deadline you cannot miss.

What You'll Learn

• Why 17.3% fewer Canadian herds record milk while cow numbers hold

• How the Freerider Spiral make...