Dairy farm tour & Q&A

THE MYTH: dairy cows are hooked up to milking machines 24-7. THE TRUTH: Cows are milked 2-3 times a day and it only takes about five minutes to milk a cow. After that, she goes back to doing more cow things; like eating, pooping and sniffing stuff. Another fun fact: dairy cattle produce A LOT of milk. Enough for their babies, enough for you and enough for me. In fact, the average dairy cow produces 8 gallons of milk a day! So drink up, or eat your cheese, or have ice cream or whatever you like t

Milking is an enjoyable experience for cows. If it wasn’t, they wouldn’t willingly enter the milking parlor and willingly let their milk down. | Megan DairyGirl

On our way to the milking parlor. Cows are milked twice a day, at 4am and 4pm. | Megan DairyGirl