My dad is a distributor of Calf-tel calf hutches so I went along with him today to help him deliver some hutches to Daisy Dairy in Paris, Tx. It's owned by Daisy Sour Cream. I have never seen anything like it nor will I ever again. It is unbelievable the technology and the effort put into that dairy. Some people say factory farms are a terrible thing. This may be a factory farm but I guarantee those are the happiest cows on the planet. The owner makes sure that cow comfort is the only priority. The freestalls all have water beds in them and at every bed there is a 6" PVC pipe blowing cold air on the cows when needed. The calf barns are also heated with propane (this is in Texas remember) and have an evaporative cooling system the full length of one wall and a wall of fans drawing air crossways through the barn on the other wall. Words cannot describe this dairy.
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MARK ROBKE
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Did he have the automated milkers-cow walks in and electronic eyes line up and attach the milker?I saw video at farm machinery show in Louisville.Mark
rrlund that maybe true in some larger diaries but not all. There is a guy that I went to school with that his family is milking over 1100 head in the style of barns that TXZane is talking about. I have been in those barns year round and the cows are pretty pampered. As for you thoughts on health issues. My classmate says their vet bills are way less than when they used to have 100 head tie stall barn. They do a good job on keeping their cows in good long term health and do not seem to push them as hard as some do. No BST. So it can be done "right".
Steve@Advance
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Waterbeds? Didn't those go out of style like in the 80's? Besides, the hoofs would be hard on the mattress! LOL
john in Utah
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A very high-tech dairy is being constructed in our valley. I know nothing about modern dairies but I've been told that this one will be pretty much all robotic. Cow walks into a stall and is given a ration according to her individual need and production level. Meanwhile, a robotic brush machine washes the udder and attaches a milker and removes it when done. Temperature is taken of each quarter and if one or more quarters show elevated temps (indicating mastitis), the cow is automatically shunted into the sick pen when she exits the stall. Computer records details, such as which quarter is the problem or if all are elevated, indicating cow in heat. Cows apparently decide themselves when and how often they are milked--they just come into the milking stall when they feel the urge. Predictions are that some will get milked as many as six times per day. Of course, all of this is recorded via computer, including her milk yield, etc. Amazing!
Traditional Farmer
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Sort of sounds like the county jail here to me,bet they don't have a library and TV like the jail does though.Let them out of their stalls next to a field of grass and see how many stay in the 'Cow Hilton'.
Texasmark1
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We happen to have a couple of containers of Daisy 2% Cottage Cheese in the frige as I type. Both local stores we shop carry their products.
We talked to one of the workers there and he said that Daisy Sour Cream is the only brand that has a single ingredient. Nothing is added, it's just cultured cream. And it has the longest shelf life of any sour cream. Even longer than the ones that add preservatives. He also said that the FDA is not allowed in certain labs at the plant where the bacteria is grown. Daisy patented their own bacteria to culture the cream and they only allow authorized people into those labs. To Traditional Farmer, I have been to many pasture based dairies and freestall dairies. I can understand your point of view. However, most dairy cows start to get heat stressed at 70 degrees here in texas with our humidity. I have seen many cows suffer in the heat and the rain and the mud of pasture dairies and they were absolutely miserable. Given a chance a lactating cow will never step out in the heat of the sun or the cold of the rain if they have everything they need under cover. I have been on hundreds of diaries in texas and Minnesota and a cow that has food water and a bed with a constant temperature is as happy as anything.
Texasmark1
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Complaint dairymen have around here. In the heat the cows stay under the trees in the shade and don't graze. Impacts daily deliveries. Makes sense to keep em cool and fed. The cottage cheese I just finished came from their creamery in Garland, TX. not their big processing facility in Paris.............TX. Guess they ship the milk via reefer to town to get it processed.
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