Happy Cows ~ Quality Milk ~ Healthy People
Watch the winning entry, a video about family ties created by Heather of Cozy Cow Farm: https://youtu.be/BoC8ILCVY1E The second place entry is a heartwarming & funny presentation by Isabelle: Honorable Mention, a speech about the realities of farming & the necessity of American farmers written by Kara, who we wish the best in her future …
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We are getting ready to send out emails to the finalists for a few clarifying questions. If you have not yet entered, you still have until midnight on August 10 to submit an entry! Meanwhile, here's a short video from Rosita, with a cud-chewing HELLO! (More concerned with her next meal than to whom will …
Would you like to win a free heifer calf? You still have time! In our last contest, 2015, we had a total of 37 entries (your odds are GREAT if you enter!) In our first contest, 2011, we had 48 entries. The 2015 entries varied from recipes, interviews, stories, research, Jersey history, art work, music, …
HEAR ONE! HEAR ALL! We're doing it again! A contest! What do you win? In honor of June Dairy Month, and because we have been BLESSED with an abundance of heifer calves, we would like to celebrate farming and dairy farmers by offering up a registered Jersey heifer calf, Spirited Rose Virtuoso Ria, to the …
Rosebud decided to test out some common cattle calving theories this year: Jersey cows calve early - She calved 10 days late. Cows that calve late have bull calves - She had a heifer calf. Lets hope she also debunks the milk fever theory of older cows being more prone to milk fever! I arrived …
A beginning farmer once contacted me, concerned because their cow was throwing up all the time. While that is (rare but) possible, what this person was seeing was actually a really good thing: cudding! They did not realize that cows "chew a cud" because unlike horses or humans, cows are ruminants. To the unaware observer, …
GARLIC: Uses: Anti-parasitic and anti-microbial. My favorite is bread with garlic rosemary butter. Dosage: Human: I like to add garlic to many different food dishes. Garlic is best raw and chopped (or minced, any way you cut it up, to create allicin).Animals: Most animals will not willingly eat garlic, although you can teach them to …
