Anatomy of a dairy cow
Breeds of dairy cows
Farm and milking equipment
From cow to carton
Pick your poison!
100
The part of a dairy cow that holds and produces milk.
What is the udder?
100
This is the breed of cow that is here at the Miller Farm and is known for being a high milk producing cow.
What is a Holstein?
100
On a dairy farm this is where cows get milked daily.
What is a milking parlor?
100
These are the first two steps in milking a cow.
What is stripping out, and pre-dipping?
100
This is how long a cow's gestation period is.
What is 280 days?
200
The number of chambers and teats a female cow has.
What is four quarters, and four teats?
200
This cow can be found at Shelburne Farms and is known for having an ideal fat to protein ratio for cheese making.
What is Brown Swiss?
200
The machine that is attached to a cow to milk her out.
What is a milking unit?
200
This is where the cows milk goes immediately after leaving their udder.
What is a bulk tank?
200
This is the most popular type of cow's milk in the United States.
What is whole milk?
300
The fascinating fact that a cow has one stomach but _____ chambers.
What is four chambers.
300
This cow is known for having a short stature and high butter-fat milk.
What is a Jersey?
300
This farm equipment is used to blend the TMR (Total Mixed Ration), before feeding out to cows.
What is a mixer wagon?
300
This is what picks up milk from a farm usually every other day.
What is a milk truck?
300
This is how much fluid milk is needed to make one pound of hard cheese.
what is 10 pounds of fluid milk?
400
A cow is a ruminant, this means they ferment their own food. The chambers of the stomach are the ___, ____, ____, and ____.
What is the reticulum, rumen, omasum, and abomasum?
400
This breed of dairy cow is known for being docile, strong grazing instincts, and "golden" milk due to a high beta-carotene percent in their milk.
What is a Guernsey?
400
This piece of farm machinery is used to feed cows, clean pens, and move large pieces of equipment.
What is a skid steer?
400
Here is where the milk is pasteurized and homogenized before being bottled.
What is a processing plant?
400
This is the average weight for a holstein calf at the age of birth.
what is 80 to 100 pounds?
500
This hormone is released to promote milk let down in a female cow.
What is oxytocin?
500
This type of dairy cow is known for being a hardy animal, good for grazing, and having a balanced butterfat and protein ratio in their milk.
What is an Ayrshire?
500
This piece of machinery is placed on a tractor or a skid steer to shave off the front layer of a feed bunk.
What is a defacer?
500
This is illegal for farmers to sell milk that contains it.
What is antibiotics?
500
Commonly dairy cows are bred using this type of insemination.
What is artificial insemination?