Happy Cows ~ Quality Milk ~ Healthy People
Grinding grain is easy, saves a ton of money, and provides fresh quality - in very few steps! We start with the raw products: OATS, PEAS, and WHEAT. (Or what we can find locally!) All of the grains are non-GMO and were grown locally. They are not necessarily pesticide free or weed free, but we …
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Here are some photos from our travels through the countryside this summer on our way to Jay's dairy judging gigs in Idaho and Washington. Washington and Idaho have STUNNING AGRICULTURAL AREAS!! We highly recommend, at least once, taking back roads on your summer trips - across Hwy 20 (WA), Hwy 2 (WA), and Hwy 95 (ID). …
Thursday night of our trip we arrived in Greeneville (the "e" is very important to Greeneville-ians, their town often spelled it GreenEville just to make sure you know to add the extra E!). Our hosts: Dave, Shannon, Owen, Abbey, & Ethan greeted us at their home with many waves and smiles and helped us run …
This spring, Jay and I traveled to Tennessee to visit some good friends of ours that we had not seen in 6 years. But first, we did a little tourism: Our trip started by flying out of Spokane at what we thought was an early hour (arriving in the parking area around 4 am, for …
When I told Jay I wanted to try making Wensleydale cheese, he thought I wanted to make sheep's cheese. (No, I have no plans to milk my sheep on a regular basis...) Wensleydale Cheese is a type of cheese made in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England, brought to the area hundreds of years earlier by French monks …
What is Shedding? Animals shed their old coat in order to grow a new coat of hair. In cattle, shedding primarily occurs annually in the spring. Shedding is happening right now where I live and in most parts of the U.S. Cows shed from front to back, top to bottom. At first, you may see …
Is that a cow version of a bank robbery? Kind of! In reality, "holding up" of milk is only a problem when we're trying to milk a cow and she does not want to give us her milk (for a variety of reasons). Below we'll discuss what "holding up" is, how it works, how …
