Toured the MSU Dairy Farm & Plant today. They have almost 400 cows, 150 or so are milked twice a day. It was sad to see, but in order to have a better appreciation of where butter, cheese, milk, yogurt and ice cream comes from, it was necessary. These were beautiful holstein cows.
Calf Nursery, missing their mamas & THEIR milk
Look it’s a baby! They can tell the sex of the calf at 55 days. Yes, that is poop up to her shoulder.
What you lookin at Willis?
in the pits, learning how the mechanized milkers work, takes about 10-12 minutes to milk each cow
Curds and whey, making cheese
we topped off the day at exploring the dairy farm and plant with some fresh ice cream made right at MSU. thanks mama cows, it was delicious!
