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Our farm is a real working dairy farm that has been servicing the community for over 100 years.
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Cows are milked 2 times per day 3am and 3pm. While the cows are out of the barn being milked the farmer cleans their barn, rakes their beds and puts the feed out.
It takes about 2 hours for all 130 cows to be milked; each cow will give about 5 gallons of milk per milking.
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The calves require lots of attention too! While the farmer feeds and cleans them she is also monitoring their health and well being.
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The retail store opens at 8am chock full of delicious milk and pastries!
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The Bakery starts at 4am mixing and baking a variety of muffins, brownies, cookies and real whipped cream pastries.
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The Dairy Plant starts at 3am, pasteurizing, homogenizing and bottling all the milk from the cows.
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While the farmers are busy outside, inside is bustling with activity too.
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Repairs and maintenance to equipment and buildings is endless and needs to be kept up with daily
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Field work starts in early spring with fertilizing, plowing, planting and doesn?t end until the harvest in late fall.
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We grow about 150 acres of corn each year for cow feed
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