Today we went out to Holter's Holstein farm and took a tour. I had never been on a dairy farm before so I thought it was really interesting. We got to see where the cows were milked, fed, inseminated etc. I learned that their cows got milked twice a day and were about to give roughly 50-60 lbs of milk/day. There was also a number of different interesting facts I learned that I would have never thought about on my own. I didn't realize that the cows food was electronically controlled and each cow got a specific diet. This prevented cows from over/under eating. I was also surprised by how clean the entire facility was. This makes me a little more confident about the milk I purchase because I know the Dairy standards are extremely high.
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