Did you know........
Dairy cows eat 120 pounds of food each day.
Cows consume 40 gallons of water each day.
Cows have 4 stomachs.
Dairy farmers work from early in the morning until late at night.
Female calves are called heifer calves.
Cows average about 65 pounds of milk per day.
Most cows are milked twice a day at 12 hour intervals.
Dairy farmers and their families must milk and feed their cows every day of the year.
The person who doctors a dairy herd is called a large animal veterinarian.
Animal nutritionists help the farmer put a recipe of cow food together which is healthy for his herd.
New calves are fed their mother's milk for the first 4 feedings because it is high in antibodies.
The first 2 days after giving birth the milk the dairy cow gives is called colostrum.
2 months before a cow gives birth she takes a rest from milking to grow her calf. At this time she is called a dry cow.
Dairy farmers must make hay during the summer when it is very hot, so the hay will dry.
Our cows eat,grass, haylage, dry hay, grain and minerals.
Male calves are called bull calves when they are born.
A happy healthy cow gives more milk than a uncomfortable cow.
Cows spend approximately 12 hours a day eating grass.
There are 5 breeds of dairy cows: Holstein, Ayrshire, Jersey, Brown Swiss and Guernsey.
The room in the barn where the milk tank is stored is called the milk house.
Organic milk is produced with out any chemicals on feed or genetic modified seed.