Cloning is a niche-market technology and it remains to be seen whether dairy farmers will choose to use it. There are currently very few cloned dairy cows in this country ? only about 150 cows out of the 9 million total U.S. dairy cows ? and many of these are "show" animals. Dairy farmers and cattle ranchers have been using safe and proven methods to breed the best livestock for decades, and cloning simply gives farmers another option in breeding animals.

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.

Nuflor is not recommended for use in lactating dairy cows because studies to determine a milk withdrawal time have not been conducted.

Yes, item 13r of the Grade A PMO states that teats must be santized before the milking machine is attached. Recently there has been an attempt to modify the Grade A PMO by removing the need for sanitizing teats prior to milking. While the NCIMS approved such a change, the FDA did not, so the need for sanitizing remains essentially unchanged.

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.

No‚ the cows do not bite. In fact all the animals on the Farm are used to being cared for by school-aged kids‚ and therefore look at all children as their ‘friends’.

The most important part of their diet is the pasture grass they graze themselves all day (and, in the winter, high quality hay which we make ourselves on the farm). High quality forage produces the very best milk. Note that the pastures here are not fertilized with sludge or any chemical fertilizer. While being milked, the cows eat a little all natural grain supplement made from barley and oats (16% protein). They also receive mineral supplement free choice (available at all times).

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.

The cow sculptures are made of flame-retardant fiberglass and have within them steel rebar for reinforcement. The Cows weigh approximately 125 pounds before application by the artist. For public display, the Cows are mounted to cement bases weighing approximately 400 pounds. The Cows come in three basic positions - standing (head up), grazing (head down), reclining.

Yes, our cows graze in our fields every day except for a few days (2-5) when the weather requires them to be up near the barn.

A cow has one stomach with four different chambers, which is why many people say that a cow has four stomachs.

By removing milk and dairy products from your diet, it will be difficult for you to meet your body's daily calcium requirements. To obtain the same amount of calcium as is found in one serving (250mL) of milk you would have to eat more than 7 1/2 cups of spinach, 4 cups of broccoli, 11 1/2 cups of red kidney beans, 32 cups of soy beverage or 12 slices of whole wheat bread.

huh? It isn’t like there is a massive herd of wild cows and we are doing them a service by culling the herd. If we don’t need as many cows in the world, then we just won’t breed as many replacements, and we can put the land to other uses.

All six raw cheeses are grass-fed raw un-pasteurized and of superior quality. Butter is pasteurized at the lowest temperatures allowed by Minnesota law for 30 minutes and not homogenized. Ten pound cheese bundles are Minnesota origin and pasteurized. Rest assured there are efforts underway to change laws in Minnesota as the butter has won the prestigious American Cheese Society contest two years running. [back to top]

Dairy cows are made pregnant yearly to ensure they produce adequate milk. In nature the calf would suckle for almost a year but nature, like the calf, is denied by the dairy industry. Some calves may be separated from their dams on the first day of life; others might remain for just a few days. But as the inevitable by-products of relentless milk production each will have to endure one of several possible fates.

Dairy foods have many health benefits such as helping to build and maintain strong bones, control blood pressure and maintain a healthy weight. Dairy foods also have been shown to help reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, osteoporosis and obesity.

Due to increased security, Alta Dena Dairy no longer offers plant or dairy tours. Please feel free to contact the California Milk Advisory Board at (209) 525-6875 for suggestions and locations available for agricultural tours. Milk contains vitamin B-12, which helps build red blood cells that carry oxygen and nutrients to help fuel your entire body.

Only cows from a clean herd are used in the production of Matol Biomune OSF? Plus. All cows are properly cared for, maintained in a state of excellent health and exposed to absolutely no cruelty of any kind. No procedure used in the preparation of the product harms or irritates the cows. There are quality control testing sequences for contaminants, immunological factors, and purity of the extract to create a consistent and reliable product.