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==Dairy - Cows== | ==Dairy - Cows Introduction== | ||
Hello, I'm Katie, Brittany's friend from college. I milk 4 jersey cows for raw milk and cheesemaking, on my family farm in Maine. Our aim is to raise organic jersey and jersey-cross calves on their mothers milk, eventually amassing a herd of 20 or so, for shipping organic milk, or a small independant dairy-- we'll see how things work out. But for now, jerseys make a great family cow, for sure. | Hello, I'm Katie, Brittany's friend from college. I milk 4 jersey cows for raw milk and cheesemaking, on my family farm in Maine. Our aim is to raise organic jersey and jersey-cross calves on their mothers milk, eventually amassing a herd of 20 or so, for shipping organic milk, or a small independant dairy-- we'll see how things work out. But for now, jerseys make a great family cow, for sure. | ||
You wanna talk cows? | You wanna talk cows? | ||
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====Barn set-up==== | ====Barn set-up==== | ||
====Calves==== | ====Calves==== | ||
====Time requirements==== | |||
===Cow Health, Vet Visits and home management=== | ===Cow Health, Vet Visits and home management=== | ||
====Mastitis, treat without antibiotics=== | ====Mastitis, treat without antibiotics=== | ||
Revision as of 00:01, 14 September 2008
Dairy - Cows Introduction
Hello, I'm Katie, Brittany's friend from college. I milk 4 jersey cows for raw milk and cheesemaking, on my family farm in Maine. Our aim is to raise organic jersey and jersey-cross calves on their mothers milk, eventually amassing a herd of 20 or so, for shipping organic milk, or a small independant dairy-- we'll see how things work out. But for now, jerseys make a great family cow, for sure. You wanna talk cows?
General Family Cow Information
Milking
Management
Grasses and Grazing
Fields and Fences
Milking equipment
Barn set-up
Calves
Time requirements
Cow Health, Vet Visits and home management
=Mastitis, treat without antibiotics
Using the milk
Raw milk
Legal
Nutritional
Cheese-making
Butter
Keifer, Yogurt
Clabbered Milk
Other products
Economics
Buying a cow
Costs
Profits
Selling Milk
Selling Milk Products
Development Work Template
- Dairy - Product Definition
- Dairy - Technical Design
- Dairy - Deployment and Results
- Dairy - Documentation and Education
- Dairy - Resource Development
- Dairy - Identifying Stakeholders
- Dairy - Grantwriting
- Dairy - Collaborative Stakeholder Funding
- Dairy - Tool and Material Donations
- Dairy - Charitable Contributions