Virginia Dairy Industry
To comply with environmental regulations tied to the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Virginia dairy farms must often implement these state-required plans that manage nutrient application rates and timing.
What are nutrient management plans (NMPs)?
The process of heating milk to destroy pathogenic microorganisms while preserving quality.
What is pasteurization?
This fermented dairy product is produced by bacterial cultures such as Lactobacillus bulgaricus.
What is yogurt?
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Who is Stella Lovelace?
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Who is Lindsay Broman?
This cooperative, one of the largest on the East Coast, markets milk for many Virginia dairy farmers.
What is Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative?
This term describes the period between successive calvings for a dairy cow.
What is the calving interval?
This cheese-making enzyme complex, traditionally derived from calf stomachs, coagulates milk.
What is rennet?
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Who is Hannah Houck?
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Who is Savannah Rice?
Due to proximity to population centers like Washington, D.C., many Virginia dairies benefit from this market advantage, which typically increases the value of fluid milk.
What is a fluid milk premium (or proximity to Class I markets)?
This digestive process in ruminants involves regurgitating and re-chewing feed.
What is rumination?
This Italian cheese is stretched and kneaded in hot water, a process known as pasta filata.
What is mozzarella?
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Who is Jillian Pelt
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Who is Madelyn Donland?
This federal order regulates minimum milk prices and includes Virginia in the Appalachian marketing region.
What is the Federal Milk Marketing Orders?
This metabolic disorder in high-producing cows occurs when energy demand exceeds intake after calving.
What is ketosis?
This dairy product is made by churning cream to separate butterfat from buttermilk.
What is butter?
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Who is Brandon foley?
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Virginia has about this many milk cows statewide as of 2026. (5,000 grace range)
What is about 65,000 dairy cows?
This index measures the number of somatic cells in milk and is used as an indicator of udder health and milk quality.
What is somatic cell count (SCC)?
This powdered dairy product is created through spray drying and is widely used in processed foods and exports.
What is nonfat dry milk (or milk powder)?
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Who is Abby Johnson?
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Who is Ayla Janney?