Dairy farming. It’s not for someone who wants to farm part time. It’s not for someone who wants to go out and check his or her cattle once, maybe twice, a day.
It takes a special person, and family, to be a dairy farmer.
They spend hours each day in their milk barns, no matter what the weather might be, then there is the feeding and care of dry animals, heifers and/or steer calves, and the bottle babies, not to mention fieldwork. No wonder many dairy farmers’ feet hit the floor well before the crack of dawn, and it is well past dark before many call it a day. It’s hard work.
My dad can recall milking cows by hand, then pouring the milk into the cans that many people use for decoration today and hauling them to the road to meet the milk truck. We used those old cans when I was a kid to haul water to hogs. The old route number was still painted on the sides of some. If you have ever attempted to lift a full milk can into the back of a …show more content…
Those groups have obviously not seen the cost of inputs. Many farmers are lucky to break even.
Raw milk, goat milk and even sheep milk producers are not immune to scrutiny.
PETA has taken a hard stance on all milk production in recent years, crying the same foul it has about cow dairies for the last decade.
Organizations like PETA are too jaded from incorrect information to see what actually happens on our family farms, the passion we have for our industry, as well as the concern for the welfare of our animals.
As we celebrate National Dairy month, make it a priority to salute are country’s dairy farmers with an ice cold glass of moo juice, a slice of sheep milk cheese or a cup of goat milk yogurt in support of all dairy producers in the Ozarks.
After all, they are special people, special
It takes a special person, and family, to be a dairy farmer.
They spend hours each day in their milk barns, no matter what the weather might be, then there is the feeding and care of dry animals, heifers and/or steer calves, and the bottle babies, not to mention fieldwork. No wonder many dairy farmers’ feet hit the floor well before the crack of dawn, and it is well past dark before many call it a day. It’s hard work.
My dad can recall milking cows by hand, then pouring the milk into the cans that many people use for decoration today and hauling them to the road to meet the milk truck. We used those old cans when I was a kid to haul water to hogs. The old route number was still painted on the sides of some. If you have ever attempted to lift a full milk can into the back of a …show more content…
Those groups have obviously not seen the cost of inputs. Many farmers are lucky to break even.
Raw milk, goat milk and even sheep milk producers are not immune to scrutiny.
PETA has taken a hard stance on all milk production in recent years, crying the same foul it has about cow dairies for the last decade.
Organizations like PETA are too jaded from incorrect information to see what actually happens on our family farms, the passion we have for our industry, as well as the concern for the welfare of our animals.
As we celebrate National Dairy month, make it a priority to salute are country’s dairy farmers with an ice cold glass of moo juice, a slice of sheep milk cheese or a cup of goat milk yogurt in support of all dairy producers in the Ozarks.
After all, they are special people, special