10/11/2025
just saying!! Makes sense !!
🚨 A Wisconsin dairy just paid their hoof trimmer a $20,000 BONUS for reducing lameness.
Their neighbors think they're crazy.
They're laughing—saved $95,000 last year.
Here's the truth that'll make you sick...
That "$337 per lame cow" everyone quotes? It's actually $1,740 when you add up what's REALLY happening:
💔 Lost pregnancies (your 21-day rate tanks 8%)
⚰️ Dead cows walking (you lose TWO full lactations)
🔥 Money literally burning (8% of feed going to waste)
My buddy near Marshfield got fed up. No fancy tech. No $45,000 cameras. Just spent $7,200 on copper sulfate and actually USING his footbath correctly.
Lameness: 24% → 14%
Saved: $20,000/year
Time invested: 30 minutes daily
But here's what pi**es me off...
80% of you are STILL trimming at fresh check "because that's how dad did it."
Meanwhile, research from Wisconsin, Minnesota AND Cornell proves waiting until 110 DIM puts an extra $308 in your pocket per cow.
That's $30,800 for 100 cows.
For doing NOTHING.
Just waiting.
While you're waiting 3-4 months for your trimmer (losing $180/day per lame cow), smart operations run hybrid systems. Monthly pro visits + daily in-house response = printing money.
⚡ Reality check time: What's YOUR actual lameness rate?
Not what you tell yourself.
What it REALLY is when you score every cow.
(Spoiler: Your "10%" is probably 22-28%)
Full game plan here: https://bit.ly/4nNQyOb