Taking care of cows isn’t always easy, but the reward is great: milk! Dairy farms are an important food source. This book takes a look at how cows live on dairy farms. From grazing in fields to life in the barn and how they are milked, young readers will love learning about these amazing animals and how they help give us food. Using full-color photographs and accessible text, readers learn what cows eat, where milk comes from, and many of the foods we eat that come from milk.

This lively trip to the dairy farm introduces calves, heifers, and milkers.

Have you ever visited a dairy farm? Farmers take care of cows that make the milk you see in grocery stores. Read on to find out more about what goes on at a dairy farm. Book jacket.

The failing economics of the traditional small dairy farm, the rise of the factory mega-farm with its resultant pollution and disease, and the uncertain future of milk

Describes what dairy cows are like and the kind of work that is done at a dairy farm to get milk ready to be sent away to be bottled.

Make your farm better, smarter, and more productive The Lean method is revolutionising farming globally with its proven approach for reducing waste, improving productivity and sustaining profits.In The Lean Dairy Farm, dairy farmer and Lean consultant Jana Hocken explains why this approach is essential to every dairy farm and how to apply these tools, practices and principles to your dairy operation. The Lean Dairy Farm helps reduce the common problems and stressors faced by farmers every day: long work hours, high staff turnovers, repeat problems, breakdowns, wastage, safety and high costs. Using her own family’s dairy farm as a case study, Jana provides insight into how the Lean approach applies to farming, introduces practical tools to help you improve efficiency and reduce waste, and shows you how to create a farm culture that supports Lean thinking. Even if Lean is entirely new to you, this book offers a simple blueprint for applying its principles and practices to improve your farm. Quickly make use of basic Lean concepts on your farm Identify and eliminate waste in farm processes Organise your farm effectively to improve productivity Standardise your processes to do everything right the first time Develop an engaged, high performing team If you want a more efficient, profitable and robust dairy farm, The Lean Dairy Farm is for you.

Resource added for the Farm Production-Dairy Science program 100905.