WEBVTT 00:00:10.220 --> 00:00:14.039 Creeping across the pasture land. Got dirt on 00:00:14.039 --> 00:00:18.719 the boots and a working hand. From the milk house 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:24.000 home to the auction call. These are the folks 00:00:24.000 --> 00:01:00.490 standing strong and tall. Yeah, this is... You 00:01:00.490 --> 00:01:04.129 know what pisses me off? While most 28 -year 00:01:04.129 --> 00:01:06.150 -olds are scrolling through TikTok at breakfast, 00:01:06.450 --> 00:01:08.989 there's a guy in Massachusetts who's already 00:01:08.989 --> 00:01:12.349 been up for three hours managing 400 cows across 00:01:12.349 --> 00:01:16.950 two farms. And that right there, that's exactly 00:01:16.950 --> 00:01:19.629 what's wrong with our entire succession crisis. 00:01:20.469 --> 00:01:23.430 Welcome to the bullvine. I'm going to tell you 00:01:23.430 --> 00:01:25.730 a story that'll either inspire the hell out of 00:01:25.730 --> 00:01:29.430 you or make you realize your farm's already dead. 00:01:29.849 --> 00:01:34.950 You just don't know it yet. Picture this. It's 00:01:34.950 --> 00:01:37.549 somewhere around 5 .30 in the morning, October. 00:01:37.890 --> 00:01:40.590 The Connecticut River Valley is covered in fog, 00:01:40.689 --> 00:01:43.609 and the sweet, sour smell of fermented corn is 00:01:43.609 --> 00:01:46.950 mixing with the morning air. Tyler Woodman, 28 00:01:46.950 --> 00:01:49.790 years old, he's knee -deep in feeding time at 00:01:49.790 --> 00:01:52.930 Maple Line Farm. The feed mixer's doing its mechanical 00:01:52.930 --> 00:01:56.329 rhythm thing, and his phone starts ringing. Jim 00:01:56.329 --> 00:01:59.370 Strout's name pops up. Now, Tyler wedges the 00:01:59.370 --> 00:02:01.209 phone against his shoulder, because who stops 00:02:01.209 --> 00:02:03.769 feeding when you've got 400 head waiting? And 00:02:03.769 --> 00:02:07.409 Strout asks him, Tyler, you sitting down? Ah, 00:02:07.489 --> 00:02:11.710 sitting down. At 5 .30 in the morning, while 00:02:11.710 --> 00:02:14.789 feeding two farms worth of cattle. Tyler had 00:02:14.789 --> 00:02:17.430 no idea what was coming. This guy had already 00:02:17.430 --> 00:02:20.889 been up since 4 .30. He'd checked his Alta Need 00:02:20.889 --> 00:02:24.009 App Now app, that's N -E -D -A -P for those taking 00:02:24.009 --> 00:02:26.909 notes, reviewed alerts for both Maple Line's 00:02:26.909 --> 00:02:30.199 jerseys, and the neighboring Divine Farms Holsteins, 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:32.919 moved fresh cows and was halfway through morning 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:36.099 feed. And Jim Strout's about to tell him he's 00:02:36.099 --> 00:02:39.400 won the 2025 Richard Caverly Memorial Dairy Award. 00:02:42.340 --> 00:02:44.680 Now before you think this is just another feel 00:02:44.680 --> 00:02:47.139 -good farm story, let me hit you with some numbers 00:02:47.139 --> 00:02:49.900 that should scare the crap out of you. According 00:02:49.900 --> 00:02:52.560 to the latest census data, and folks this is 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:58.110 real, we lost 39 % of dairy farms between 2017, 00:02:58.550 --> 00:03:05.189 and 2022. We went from 40 ,336 operations to 00:03:05.189 --> 00:03:10.770 just 24 ,470. But here's the kicker. 83 .5 % 00:03:10.770 --> 00:03:13.770 of family farms won't make it to the third generation. 00:03:14.789 --> 00:03:19.289 83 .5%. Tyler Woodman represents exactly what 00:03:19.289 --> 00:03:21.810 we're losing. And if that doesn't terrify you, 00:03:21.889 --> 00:03:25.090 you're not paying attention. Let me tell you 00:03:25.090 --> 00:03:27.569 about breeding excellence. Real breeding excellence. 00:03:27.909 --> 00:03:30.990 Not the BS you hear at the coffee shop. Tyler's 00:03:30.990 --> 00:03:34.490 Foundation? It traces back to a cow most of you 00:03:34.490 --> 00:03:36.330 would have shipped to the sale barn years ago. 00:03:37.590 --> 00:03:41.250 Woodman Farm, Mad Max Sandy. She's turning 13 00:03:41.250 --> 00:03:45.590 this December, still scoring EX 94 .5E, and still 00:03:45.590 --> 00:03:47.669 throwing daughters that'll make you stop mid 00:03:47.669 --> 00:03:50.729 -stride in the barn. Sandy came from River Valley 00:03:50.729 --> 00:03:54.139 Tri -P Secret. That was Tyler's first 4 -H project 00:03:54.139 --> 00:03:56.340 when he was just a kid in New Hampshire, trying 00:03:56.340 --> 00:03:59.000 to figure out why some cows just looked right. 00:04:00.139 --> 00:04:02.419 Tyler says, and you can hear it in his voice, 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:06.139 Sandy has always been special. Seven daughters 00:04:06.139 --> 00:04:09.460 on the ground, three milking daughters, all scored 00:04:09.460 --> 00:04:12.539 excellent. Granddaughters selling from Vermont 00:04:12.539 --> 00:04:15.620 to Wisconsin. This is what happens when you actually 00:04:15.620 --> 00:04:18.519 understand cow families instead of just chasing 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:20.860 whatever bull the genetics rep is pushing this 00:04:20.860 --> 00:04:26.100 month. But wait, it gets better. Victoria Secret, 00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:29.240 one of Sandy's daughters from a burdette by Mad 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:32.040 Max Cross that Tyler made when he was barely 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:34.740 old enough to understand progeny proofs, she 00:04:34.740 --> 00:04:38.040 was a two -time All -American nominee, most recently 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:43.300 scored EX94 -3E. Let that sink in, folks. A mating 00:04:43.300 --> 00:04:46.220 made by a teenager is now producing cows that 00:04:46.220 --> 00:04:49.300 stop traffic at World Dairy Expo. All right, 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:51.980 let's talk genomics. And I'm going to piss some 00:04:51.980 --> 00:04:54.879 of you off here. The dairy industry has generated 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:59.620 $4 .28 billion, that's billion with a B, in cumulative 00:04:59.620 --> 00:05:02.560 economic impact from genomic testing since 2010. 00:05:03.019 --> 00:05:07.839 Annual genetic gains jumped from $37 to $85 per 00:05:07.839 --> 00:05:13.279 cow. That's 129 % acceleration. And yet, walk 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:16.060 into any sale barn from Massachusetts to California, 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:19.120 and half the guys there still think genomics 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:21.459 is some fancy nonsense for the mega -dairies. 00:05:21.939 --> 00:05:24.360 Tyler Woodman doesn't buy into that old -school 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:28.000 crap. He says, and I quote, I have always been 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:30.899 known to use milk bowls on my type cows and type 00:05:30.899 --> 00:05:34.060 bowls on milk cows. Sounds backwards, right? 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:36.519 Until you see the results walking around his 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:40.720 barn. Now, Richard Caverly, rest his soul, he 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:43.120 understood genomics before most of us could even 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:46.439 spell the word. He was pushing Ayrshire breeders 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:49.100 to embrace testing when everyone else was clutching 00:05:49.100 --> 00:05:51.120 their paper pedigrees like they were the Ten 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:54.600 Commandments. There's this story Tyler tells. 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:58.180 He'd tested an animal for sale, and Caverly reached 00:05:58.180 --> 00:06:01.680 out immediately. Recognized the cow family from 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:04.259 some herd in rural New England that had dispersed 00:06:04.259 --> 00:06:07.100 years earlier. That's the power of combining 00:06:07.100 --> 00:06:10.959 old knowledge with new technology, folks. Sometimes 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:13.279 the moments that shape us come when we least 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:16.279 expect them. Picture young Tyler at Eastern States. 00:06:16.500 --> 00:06:19.180 He's in that old cattle barn. You know, the one, 00:06:19.199 --> 00:06:21.699 one. The one where the roof leaks every time 00:06:21.699 --> 00:06:24.379 it rains, but the acoustics are perfect for hearing 00:06:24.379 --> 00:06:27.899 a good cow bellow. He stops to admire some mature 00:06:27.899 --> 00:06:31.000 Ayrshire milk cows. The cow that catches his 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:34.720 eye? Later, he'd realize it was connected to 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:37.800 the legendary Sweet Pepper Black Francesca. This 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:40.100 older guy starts talking to him about the cows, 00:06:40.300 --> 00:06:42.519 really getting into the details about balance 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:46.649 and dairy strength. That stranger? Richard Caverly 00:06:46.649 --> 00:06:49.350 himself. Caverly worked with household names. 00:06:49.550 --> 00:06:52.750 Gold Prize, Nadine, Melanie, Delilah, Ashlyn, 00:06:52.910 --> 00:06:56.230 Victoria, Veronica, and Franny. With his partner 00:06:56.230 --> 00:06:59.189 Bev, he developed Sweet Pepper Black Francesca, 00:06:59.290 --> 00:07:02.310 two -time Ayrshire Grand Champion at World Dairy 00:07:02.310 --> 00:07:05.209 Expo in Eastern States. And here's what Caverly 00:07:05.209 --> 00:07:09.189 told young Tyler that day. Breed your cow the 00:07:09.189 --> 00:07:11.750 way you want your cow to be, not what everyone 00:07:11.750 --> 00:07:15.829 else thinks they should be. Revolutionary stuff 00:07:15.829 --> 00:07:19.069 when you think about it. Since July, Tyler's 00:07:19.069 --> 00:07:21.589 mornings have gotten, let's call them, interesting. 00:07:22.189 --> 00:07:25.310 He's managing Maple Line Farms jerseys, beautiful 00:07:25.310 --> 00:07:27.569 spread in Hadley where the river valley creates 00:07:27.569 --> 00:07:31.250 perfect growing conditions. And he's managing 00:07:31.250 --> 00:07:34.149 Divine Farms Holsteins. And he's maintaining 00:07:34.149 --> 00:07:36.529 his own Ayrshire program split between Massachusetts 00:07:36.529 --> 00:07:39.709 and New Hampshire. That's not a job, folks. That's 00:07:39.709 --> 00:07:42.949 three jobs. And he's crushing all of them. before 00:07:42.949 --> 00:07:46.990 your first cup of coffee gets cold. His morning 00:07:46.990 --> 00:07:50.670 routine? It would break most people. Hell, it 00:07:50.670 --> 00:07:53.050 would break most of the farmers, posting sunrise 00:07:53.050 --> 00:07:57.230 photos on Instagram. 4 .30 a .m., wake up. Immediately 00:07:57.230 --> 00:08:00.170 checks the Alta Need App Now app on his phone. 00:08:00.329 --> 00:08:03.610 The system tracks eating, rumination, inactive 00:08:03.610 --> 00:08:06.529 behavior, basically telling him which cows need 00:08:06.529 --> 00:08:08.850 attention before they even know they need attention. 00:08:09.649 --> 00:08:12.500 Tyler says, The Ayrshires adjust very well to 00:08:12.500 --> 00:08:14.959 the commercial setting with the jerseys. They 00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:18.199 milk well and look good doing it. But here's 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:20.579 what he's not saying, integrating specialty breeds 00:08:20.579 --> 00:08:23.779 into commercial operations. That takes a level 00:08:23.779 --> 00:08:26.459 of management skill that maybe 5 % of dairymen 00:08:26.459 --> 00:08:29.480 actually possess. Oh, and in his quote -unquote 00:08:29.480 --> 00:08:32.899 spare time, he's doing relief AI work for Alta, 00:08:32.980 --> 00:08:35.740 helping other farms improve conception rates. 00:08:35.940 --> 00:08:40.320 The man's either crazy or brilliant. Memorial 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:44.440 Day weekend, 2025. Everyone remembers that weather. 00:08:44.620 --> 00:08:49.460 Rain coming sideways. Temperature, barely cracking 00:08:49.460 --> 00:08:52.820 50 degrees. The kind of New England spring that 00:08:52.820 --> 00:08:56.440 makes you question all your life choices. What 00:08:56.440 --> 00:08:58.220 could have been a disaster for the inaugural 00:08:58.220 --> 00:09:01.980 Stars and Stripes sale in Greenfield? Tyler turned 00:09:01.980 --> 00:09:05.539 it into something else entirely. Working with 00:09:05.539 --> 00:09:07.940 his wife Toni, Jersey girl through and through, 00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:11.039 and partners Zach Tarek and Caitlin Small, they 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:13.740 didn't just organize another cattle sale. They 00:09:13.740 --> 00:09:17.039 built something bigger. Workshops the night before. 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:20.019 Actual hands -on teaching about fitting, show 00:09:20.019 --> 00:09:22.940 prep, judging. Not some PowerPoint presentation 00:09:22.940 --> 00:09:26.120 in a stuffy room. Real learning with real cattle. 00:09:26.500 --> 00:09:29.259 They recruited youth to lead animals in the sale 00:09:29.259 --> 00:09:31.980 ring. Put a young person on the sales staff making 00:09:31.980 --> 00:09:34.799 actual decisions. You know why that matters? 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:38.019 Because most sales treat kids like decoration. 00:09:38.659 --> 00:09:43.080 Tyler made them participants. You want to know 00:09:43.080 --> 00:09:45.960 what real impact looks like? Not Facebook likes 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:49.580 or Instagram followers. Actual impact? Let me 00:09:49.580 --> 00:09:53.299 tell you about Livvy Russo. 2020, middle of COVID 00:09:53.299 --> 00:09:56.000 when everything was sideways. Her family reaches 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:59.200 out looking for a project calf. Most people would 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:01.120 have just run the credit card and shipped the 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:06.480 animal. Tyler? He loads up the trailer, drives 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:09.019 the calf up to northern Vermont himself, that's 00:10:09.019 --> 00:10:12.100 a six -hour round trip, and starts a relationship 00:10:12.100 --> 00:10:16.019 that would transform this kid's life. Fast forward 00:10:16.019 --> 00:10:19.960 to World Dairy Expo 2025, those iconic colored 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:23.000 shavings everyone posts pictures of. Tyler says, 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:25.779 one fond memory I have is watching Livvy show 00:10:25.779 --> 00:10:28.659 her first bred and owned. He and Chris sat in 00:10:28.659 --> 00:10:31.220 those uncomfortable metal bleachers, you know 00:10:31.220 --> 00:10:33.299 the ones where your back hurts after 10 minutes. 00:10:33.789 --> 00:10:36.529 supposedly evaluating the class, but really, 00:10:36.649 --> 00:10:39.830 as Tyler puts it, just being so proud to see 00:10:39.830 --> 00:10:43.190 her succeed to this level. That's not mentorship, 00:10:43.269 --> 00:10:46.190 folks. That's investment in the industry's actual 00:10:46.190 --> 00:10:50.090 future. Then there's Maddie Poitras, coming from 00:10:50.090 --> 00:10:52.549 longtime Jersey breeders, but she caught the 00:10:52.549 --> 00:10:55.769 Ayrshire bug working with Tyler. He says, Maddie 00:10:55.769 --> 00:10:58.309 has never backed down with any challenge we have 00:10:58.309 --> 00:11:01.350 thrown at her. Here's what kills me about all 00:11:01.350 --> 00:11:04.740 this. Dairy programs are closing left and right. 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:08.960 4 -H participation dropping every year. FFA chapters 00:11:08.960 --> 00:11:12.059 can barely field a dairy judging team. And we've 00:11:12.059 --> 00:11:14.440 got people like Tyler volunteering their time, 00:11:14.620 --> 00:11:18.399 their most valuable resource, teaching kids about 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:22.019 top -line clipping and breeding decisions. Then 00:11:22.019 --> 00:11:24.320 we wonder why succession rates are in the toilet. 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:27.500 Let's talk about what nobody wants to discuss 00:11:27.500 --> 00:11:30.960 at the co -op meetings. Class III milk futures 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:34.500 for October 2025 are hovering around $16 .94 00:11:34.500 --> 00:11:37.980 per hundredweight. Meanwhile, genomic progress 00:11:37.980 --> 00:11:41.379 is accelerating. Annual genetic gains have more 00:11:41.379 --> 00:11:45.519 than doubled. But milk prices? They're not keeping 00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:48.279 pace with anything except maybe our frustration 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:52.080 levels. According to USDA's latest numbers, we're 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:56.240 producing 226 .4 billion pounds of milk with 00:11:56.240 --> 00:12:00.919 26 ,290 licensed dairy herds. That's up from 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:05.360 170 .3 billion pounds in 2003 when we had 70 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:10.919 ,375 herds. Do the math. We're producing 33 % 00:12:10.919 --> 00:12:15.080 more milk with 63 % fewer farms. You know what 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:18.740 Tyler's response is? Work harder, work smarter. 00:12:19.299 --> 00:12:23.279 Manage two farms, do relief breeding, organize 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:26.840 sales, mentor kids. build his own herd on the 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:30.039 side. This is the new reality, folks. The days 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:32.559 of managing one 60 -cow herd and sending the 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:35.480 kids to college, those days are dead and buried. 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:38.899 Behind every successful dairy operation, and 00:12:38.899 --> 00:12:41.460 I mean actually successful, not just surviving, 00:12:41.659 --> 00:12:45.019 is usually a spouse who gets it. For Tyler, that's 00:12:45.019 --> 00:12:47.440 Tony. Together, they're raising three -year -old 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:50.159 Casey and one -year -old Keegan in the barn. 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:54.690 Not despite it. In it. Tyler shares. Casey's 00:12:54.690 --> 00:12:56.730 favorite is pushing cows through the free stall 00:12:56.730 --> 00:13:00.190 and milking. That little kid, barely tall enough 00:13:00.190 --> 00:13:02.629 to reach the panel switches, already knows the 00:13:02.629 --> 00:13:05.070 difference between a close -up cow and a fresh 00:13:05.070 --> 00:13:08.210 cow. While other kids are at daycare learning 00:13:08.210 --> 00:13:11.789 their ABCs, Casey's learning that cows have personalities, 00:13:12.110 --> 00:13:14.870 that fresh milk tastes nothing like that white 00:13:14.870 --> 00:13:17.309 water they sell at Stop and Shop, and that real 00:13:17.309 --> 00:13:20.590 work starts before the sun comes up. They're 00:13:20.590 --> 00:13:23.210 also hiring college students from local universities. 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:26.320 Some who don't even have cattle backgrounds, 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:29.740 but are willing to learn something new. You watch 00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:32.620 these kids discover they actually love this life. 00:13:33.419 --> 00:13:36.700 That's how you build the future workforce. Not 00:13:36.700 --> 00:13:39.340 by complaining about kids these days at the feed 00:13:39.340 --> 00:13:43.559 store, by actually teaching them. Remember what 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:46.840 Caverly said? Breed your cow the way you want 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:49.080 your cow to be, not what everyone else thinks 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:52.419 they should be. Those words are living through 00:13:52.419 --> 00:13:55.570 Tyler's work. In an industry obsessed with trends, 00:13:55.830 --> 00:13:58.490 remember when everyone was chasing plus 3 ,000 00:13:58.490 --> 00:14:01.629 GTPI bulls like they were lottery tickets? This 00:14:01.629 --> 00:14:04.250 philosophy is almost rebellious. But here's the 00:14:04.250 --> 00:14:09.490 kicker. It works. Using milk bulls on type cows 00:14:09.490 --> 00:14:12.669 and type bulls on milk cows sounds like contrarian 00:14:12.669 --> 00:14:15.470 nonsense until you realize it's producing cows 00:14:15.470 --> 00:14:19.110 that excel everywhere. Commercial dairies want 00:14:19.110 --> 00:14:22.340 different things than show herds. Export markets 00:14:22.340 --> 00:14:24.379 have different requirements than domestic processors. 00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:27.720 The cheese plants want components, the fluid 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:30.779 guys want volume. One size fits all breeding? 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:35.620 That ship has sailed. Let me give you Tyler's 00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:38.179 actual genomic selection checklist, not theory. 00:14:38.379 --> 00:14:41.740 What he actually does. First, test every heifer 00:14:41.740 --> 00:14:44.320 calf at two months. Earlier is better, always. 00:14:44.659 --> 00:14:47.360 Second, look for plus 150 net merit minimum. 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:50.799 Anything less goes to beef breeding. Third, Check 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:53.700 health traits first, production second. Sick 00:14:53.700 --> 00:14:56.480 cows don't pay bills. Fourth, cross -reference 00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:59.279 with actual dam performance. Genomics lie sometimes. 00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:03.019 Fifth, use outcross bulls on high genomic heifers. 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:06.840 Heterosis still matters. Sixth, keep detailed 00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:10.379 records on every mating. Memory fails, spreadsheets 00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:13.379 don't. The morning after receiving the award 00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:16.080 at World Dairy Expo, standing on those colored 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:18.899 shavings while the crowd watched, Tyler was exactly 00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:22.139 where you'd expect. 4 .30 a .m., checking his 00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:25.480 NEDAP reports, moving fresh cows, planning breedings. 00:15:25.559 --> 00:15:28.679 The purple banner was already old news. The work 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:31.899 continues. Tyler says, being humble and supportive 00:15:31.899 --> 00:15:34.340 of your peers in the industry is what matters 00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:37.440 most. Purple banners and blue ribbons are always 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:40.399 great, but to receive them with hard work, perseverance, 00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:44.240 and dedication behind it means even more. That 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:47.899 wooden carving of Glenimore Gold Prize EX976E, 00:15:47.980 --> 00:15:50.899 Caverly's favorite cow, it sits on a shelf somewhere 00:15:50.899 --> 00:15:55.460 in Tyler's office. But the real legacy? It's 00:15:55.460 --> 00:15:58.100 in the youth he mentors. The genetic progress 00:15:58.100 --> 00:16:01.379 he's driving. The example he sets every damn 00:16:01.379 --> 00:16:06.379 morning at 4 .30. Here's the truth nobody wants 00:16:06.379 --> 00:16:09.340 to say out loud at the co -op meetings or the 00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:13.019 breed association conventions. If we had more 00:16:13.019 --> 00:16:15.899 Tyler Woodmans, people willing to work multiple 00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:19.179 operations, embrace technology without abandoning 00:16:19.179 --> 00:16:21.940 tradition, mentor youth without expecting anything 00:16:21.940 --> 00:16:24.879 in return, we wouldn't be talking about an 83 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:27.840 .5 % failure rate for generational transfers. 00:16:28.259 --> 00:16:31.019 We'd be talking about the revival of American 00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:35.080 dairy farming. The question is, are you going 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:37.600 to be part of the problem or part of the solution? 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:40.539 Because while you're thinking about it, scrolling 00:16:40.539 --> 00:16:43.580 through your phone, Complaining about milk prices 00:16:43.580 --> 00:16:46.960 at the coffee shop. Tyler Woodman's already three 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:50.100 hours into his day making decisions that'll impact 00:16:50.100 --> 00:16:53.259 the industry for generations. Teaching a kid 00:16:53.259 --> 00:16:56.120 how to fit a heifer. Running genomics on next 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:59.419 year's calf crop. Building something that'll 00:16:59.419 --> 00:17:03.639 outlast us all. And that phone that rang in the 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:06.980 middle of morning chores? It wasn't just announcing 00:17:06.980 --> 00:17:09.339 an award winner. It was announcing what the future 00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:14.130 of dairy farming looks like. If we're smart enough 00:17:14.130 --> 00:17:18.309 to pay attention. Look, I don't care if you think 00:17:18.309 --> 00:17:21.289 Tyler's breeding philosophy is crazy. I don't 00:17:21.289 --> 00:17:23.589 care if you believe genomics are a waste of money. 00:17:24.230 --> 00:17:27.269 But you better care that this 28 -year -old is 00:17:27.269 --> 00:17:31.130 doing what 83 .5 % of you can't, building a dairy 00:17:31.130 --> 00:17:34.430 operation that'll survive the next decade. His 00:17:34.430 --> 00:17:36.930 morning routine will shame you. His breeding 00:17:36.930 --> 00:17:42.259 philosophy will anger you. And his results? They'll 00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:44.200 force you to admit everything you believe about 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:47.079 dairy succession is wrong. This isn't inspiration 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:50.099 porn, folks. This is the blueprint for the only 00:17:50.099 --> 00:17:54.880 dairy model that survives 2030. You've been listening 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:58.359 to The Bullvine. Now get off your ass and do 00:17:58.359 --> 00:17:59.119 something about it.