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Dairy Management and Production
Milk is one beverage many people like to drink. Knowing where it comes from, how it's produced and what animals are involved in milk production is all that makes up this category. Everything milk and dairy can be asked and answered here.
1,196 Questions
Is it healthy to drink milk straight from a cow?
When you put your mouth up to anything, that transfers the germs from your mouth to whatever you have touched. In this case, you would be transferring your germs to the carton, which means that, if you were to drink it later, the germs would re-transfer. And if you gave the milk to others, there is a possibility that they will get sick.
So in theory... YES, drinking out of a milk carton is definitely dangerous.
Not quite. Female "baby dairy cows" are called heifer calves; "baby cows" are called calves--singular is calf. A heifer is actually a female bovine that has been weaned but has never given birth to a calf. She is called a first-calf heifer (or cow, depending on how you look at it) when she does.
What seasons are the best time to milk a cow?
A cow can be and is often milked all year round. There is no particular season that is best to milk a cow, unless your cattle-raising practices surround the seasons, and not the more conventional year-round milking. Therefore, if it is that, then the best season to milk a cow is the season where forage and grasses are at their highest quality, because then you can get the best milk without having to go ahead and harvest and store feeds for your cow[s].
How do you increase the butter fat in your cows milk?
You could try increasing milk fat content by increasing energy content of a dairy cow's ration, but the best way is via genetics: get some Jersey and/or Brown Swiss genetics in your herd to increase milk-fat in your cows.
They don't. They produce white milk, hippos produce pink milk
When they are weaned from their calves, the udder still produces milk for a few days, and the pressure is quite painful. But eventually the cow's body tells it to stop producing milk because the pressure is not being released. As she dries up, the milk is reabsorbed back into the cow's system, and her udder becomes less swollen with milk as the weeks go by. The drying up process usually takes 2 to 3 weeks.
How much liters is a half gallon of milk?
About 2. A quart and a liter are close to being equivalents.
Do all cows produce milk you drink?
Cows are mammals and all mammals make milk. Generally only dairy cows make enough milk to be considered commercially viable. Calves typically need about 2 gallons a day for 2 months. Dairy cows average 5 to 9 gallons of milk a day for 305+ days a year. Beef cows generally make only enough milk to feed their nursing calves.
Yes you can. Dairy cows that are no longer able to produce milk on the dairy farm are sold to the auction mart or slaughter houses for more money than beef cows bring at the auction mart. Dairy cows are only able to produce milk for only a few years, and as they get older their milk production ability decreases, as well as health problems such as mastitis and foot rot and other lameness issues increase as they get older. So, since there is a huge market for culled dairy cows, dairy cows that are not able to meet the producer's standards in terms of health and production, are sold to that market and turned into beef for the human and pet population, as well as for livestock producers who need animal protein to meet their animals' nurtitive needs; these include pigs and poultry.
Most dairy cows' carcasses are of such low quality that little meat is used in high-end restaurants. The meat is ground up for ground beef and sausages, as well as for dog and cat food and put into poultry and hog feed. Most of the hamburger you eat is from cull dairy cows when you eat a burger at MacDonalds, Burger King, A&W, Wendy's and other fast-food chains, and also can be found as ground beef wrapped in cellophane served on a stryofoam platter in your local supermarket.
In a year how many days cows will give milk?
Conventional dairies operate so that milk is being collected 365 days a year. However a lone milk cow herself cannot milk for 365 days; her period is primarily between 185 to 305 days. This of course depends on each cow, for one cow may go longer than another before eventually drying up.
Cost of a gallon of milk in 1960?
A gallon of milk.
There has been no change in the volume of a gallon since 1966.
Do dairy cows need to take antibiotics?
What kind of antibiotics are you referring to? There are many types of antibiotics that are out there for different diseases, so there isn't just one general type to give to a bovine. Also, antibiotics should be given to cattle only when they need them, like if they have an infection of some sort.
In 1969 in the United States, the average cost of a gallon of milk was $1.10. The average cost for a new house was $27,900.00.
How much milk does a danish red cow produce a day?
usually about anywhere from 50 to 60 pounds twice a day but if u have a good cow she will give 70 to 80
What are the causes of poor milk production in cattle?
Quality of the grass, quality of the feed (should be strictly a vegetarian diet of grains), overall health of the cow, overall happiness of the cow (yes, this is important to make the cows happy, this keeps stress hormones out of the milk), ect. Also, Farmers have machines that milk the cows, and these machines also homogenise and pasturise the milk. The milk is separated into the different percent catagories after it is put into the large tank. And the remaining factor is how quickly the milk arrives at the store.
I don't think so, if it's fresh you have to pasturize it.
You can freeze cow's milk, so logically should be able to freeze goat's milk.
Milk is Pasturized to destroy bad stuff such bacteria, manure, etc that may be in the milk. It also destroys the good stuff, such as the nutritional value. If you are getting your fresh milk direct from the farmer where you can see his operation and verify it's cleansiness, milk does not have to be pasturized, but that is a personal call.
Yes You can freeze raw goats milk, just not while its fresh from milking, 12 -24 hours later and its fine to
I routinely freeze my goats milk. We bring out the half gallon jars daily and let them thaw in the fridge. I milk my own goats so I feel no need to pasteurize. One thing to note, sometimes if the milk has been frozen for a while, it will separate into curds and whey. If it smells good, just put it into the blender or mixer and it will be just fine to drink. The milk my kids and I are drinking now has been frozen for almost 6 months.
Is curd cold or hot in nature?
Thick curd produces body heat after consuming. Butter Milk cools your body.
How much money is a gallon of milk now?
Around where I live it is hovering right around $3.75 a gallon.
How many times each day are cows milked?
A single milking generally lasts under 30 minutes, from pre-cleaning the udder to post-dipping the teats and releasing the cow back to her pen or pasture. A single lactation is ideally 305 days long, although this will vary depending upon her due date and how long the farmer wants the cow to be dry between lactations. A single cow can be milked for over 10 years if she remains in good health and is successfully bred every year.
How much does an average Brown Swiss steer weigh?
Cows weight approximately between 500-690kg and Bulls weight between 820-1140kg
Is vegetarian cheese made with cows milk?
Would it be called vegetarian cheese if it was made with cow's milk? No. It would be just called cheese because that's what cheese is: fat in the form of curds and salt as well as bacteria made from cow's milk.
