Farm Tour

Cows usually make around __ pounds of milk a day

In the US about __ percent of dairy farms are family owned and operated

Milk is cooled to __ degrees before being transported on a truck to be made into your favorite dairy products.

There are about _ pounds of milk in every gallon you buy at the store.

Cows will spend __ hours per day just chewing their food!

Cows will eat about ___ pounds of food each day to fuel their bodies.

When a cow is brought into the milking parlor, what is the first job that needs to be done?

• Put on the milking unit

• Clean the teats with disinfectant

• type in their tag number into a computer system

• remove the udder covers protecting the udder from dirt and bacteria

A cow has _ teats on their udder.

The highest producing breed of cow is a

• Jersey

• Milking shorthorn

• Brown Swiss

• Holstein