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FOR THE LOVE OF JERSEY COWSTo read our Raw Milk FAQ's, Click Here
Our Jersey cows (Tori, CIndy, Sandy, Missy, Janelle, Gail, Piper, Jelly, Rommie, Nattie, Sammy, and Karen) are more than just livestock: They are family. We are grateful for the wonderful milk they share with us and we see it as our duty to reward them with the best living and "working" conditions possible.
Our cows live on pasture year-round and eat a diet of fresh, green grass all summer and leafy alfalfa hay in winter as well as antibiotic free pelleted feed, to help them maintain their milk production.
Our new dairy-barn, built in 2008, is a regular "cow spa," complete with air-conditioning in summer, heat in winter, and state-of-the-art milking equipment to pamper the cows' udders while they are being milked. The cows are milked twice-a-day, and every milking includes a meal of tasty feed and a warm-water udder-wash, to help the cows relax and encourage them to give freely of their milk. Its the least we can do for our Jersey Girls.
Our philosophy is best summed up in a quote by W.D. Hoard, founder of Hoard's Dairyman magazine, in 1885 and presented here as artwork created by Julie Atkinson:
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