In contrast to more typical dairy breeds, Jersey cows give a smaller amount of milk which is higher in butterfat. Our cows are giving about three gallons each, per day. Please note that milk production varies with the season, the weather, the quality of the forage available; and the normal curve of the cow's lactation cycle.

Their are all different kinds of cows but cows only make white milk. Chocolate milk is made when chocolate syrup is added to white milk.

Both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) support the conclusion that milk from cloned cows is no different than milk from conventionally bred cows. Milk and milk products are among the most tested and regulated foods in this country and all U.S. dairy foods go through extensive and rigorous safety and quality tests before they reach the consumer. Currently, FDA has a voluntary moratorium on food from cloned animals.

The cows are milked in the dairy barn after the goats, at 7:00 a.m. and at 5:00 p.m. Please note that the cows are milked with a separate machine from the goats; and that their milk is kept separate from the goats' milk. Our cows are milked using a closed-bucket system. That is, the milk is drawn from the cow's udder using a suction device and a set of tubes that empty the milk into a sealed stainless steel container.

You will have the opportunity to interact with a variety of farm animals at Slide Ranch. While we do not have the capacity to have cows at Slide Ranch, program participants will have an opportunity to milk a goat, meet the sheep, visit the chicken coop to collect eggs, feed the chickens, observe the turkeys or ducks, discover worms in the worm compost and perhaps watch bees at work in the observation bee hive. Click here to to register for a program or to learn more.

Milk is comprised of 6 primary components, Water, Carbohydrate, Fat, Protein, Vitamins, and Minerals. Although these elements can be identified separately, milk is a very complex mixture of all of these components. Carbohydrate or lactose levels in cows milk (composed primarily of glucose and glactose) range from 4.7% to 5.0%. Also know as milk sugar. Milk fat is a complex mix of lipids. The major type of lipids in milk fat is called Tiglycerides, which are composed of three fatty acids.

Very few Amish, if any, do their milking by hand. Today they have modern milking equipment -- not electric, but operated by alternate sources of power. In order to ship milk, the Amish must have modern refrigerated milk tanks. They also have modern barn-cleaning equipment. Children get involved in daily chores at a very early age -- even before they start school. However, the chores are suited to the age of the child.

This is a good question. There are indeed no cows or goats in Redwall. There are, however, plants that produce milk-like substances. This is what is referred to as "greensap milk". Besides, how could you have an abbeyful of mice with no cheese? ;-)

Yes it can, either to drink on it's own or in cooking. All of our goats' milk is pasteurised and all of our other products are made with pasteurised milk.

Research has indicated that it has much to do with the protein structure in the milks. They are called caseins and the absence of aplha-s1 casein and a higher proportion of beta-casein in goats' milk means that the casein profile of goats' milk is closer to human milk than that of cows' milk. These proteins form a softer curd in the stomach and the fat particles are also smaller, which is a great aid to digestion for many who cannot tolerate cows' milk.

Yes, you're able to use less than the full batch of soymilk by only filling to the lower water level mark located on the inside of the stainless steel jug. The minimum water level would make 1.4 quarts or 1.3 liters.

Nutritionally, the two milks are quite similar. There is less folic acid in goats' milk than cows' milk. Expectant mothers need folic acid although milk is not the most obvious source of this nutrient. Because milk is a fresh product, nutritional values are liable to vary for reasons of seasonality, type of herd, time of milking, etc. All milk, including goats' milk, is an excellent source of calcium. Approx 3 glasses (750ml) can provide the recommended daily allowance for an adult.

Like all mammals, cows only produce milk after giving birth to feed their babies. In order to keep them lactating year-round, farmers artificially inseminate dairy cows and force them to give birth every year, which is not their natural behavior. A cow's gestation period is the same as that of a human mother, and each cow is expected to produce milk during seven of her pregnancy's nine months.

Milk fever is a metabolic disorder that occurs because of a circulating calcium deficiency in the blood (acute hypocalcemia), with or without an accompanying magnesium imbalance.

All fresh cows within 3-5 days after calving, all new clinical cases of mastitis, any new additions to the herd, whether heifers or older cows, any cows that went to the fair and were milked there, and the bulk tank (1-2 times per month).

We have many high production herds that are balanced at 16% protein. It is more important to view the total balance of the ration taking into consideration protein, energy and fibre. Betty Ann, our ration specialist, would be willing to discuss different options.

Lactating cows fed excessive protein tend to have more cases of acute mastitis. The cow assimilates protein by first breaking it down into urea and then building it into a more complete protein in the body. Therefore, excess protein causes excess urea and excess blood urea nitrogen which leaves cows open to bacterial and viral infections. In the dry cow, it can cause oedema, large calves and difficult calving and may contribute to mastitis at calving.

Ans. The cow, milk looks to be slightly yellow with mixed white where as the colour of buffalo milk is white.

The more your baby nurses, the more milk your body will make. The size of your breasts does not have anything to do with how much milk you will make.

The first time I had this question, I didn't understand what the person was asking. I have since answered this question many times! Like all mammals (cows, dogs, mice, humans, etc.), goats will only make milk if they get pregnant. Their bodies will not produce milk, unless there is a baby (or babies) who needs it. No, there is not a special feed or drug you can give them to force them to make milk.