All things Dairy

[William Mellor]

Well done on all the heifer calves you keep getting but breeding replacements out of a cow that took 8 services may have something to do with your ever growing kill list you mentioned as your breeding poor fertility
We've learnt this lesson, it does run in the family's of cows

Already got an 2nd calver out of this cow and she has held first time as an heifer and first time after she calved so will have to see

 

[William Mellor]

You had a bargain there

Here you go still here going strong

 

[lazy farmer]

With Heifers i


Quite a few people I've spoken to recently have said they have bred too much milk out of their cows by breeding to heavily for fertility.

doesn't mean they are producing less solids or less profitable.

 

[Clay52]

With Heifers i


Quite a few people I've spoken to recently have said they have bred too much milk out of their cows by breeding to heavily for fertility.

I haven't heard anyone say that yet.

Probably the same people that 10 years ago were saying you couldn't breed for fertility.

 

[Milkcow365]

I haven't heard anyone say that yet.

Probably the same people that 10 years ago were saying you couldn't breed for fertility.

Don't think you hear many people

 

[Clay52]

Don't think you hear many people

What a productive comment. I'm sure it makes you feel better about yourself though.

 

[Fergieman]

A fifth of the UK population have low Vitamin D levels. Asda launches fresh milk fortified with Vit D. Developed & bottled at Arla Aylesbury .

 

[Cows 'n grass]

A fifth of the UK population have low Vitamin D levels. Asda launches fresh milk fortified with Vit D. Developed & bottled at Arla Aylesbury .

I don't know if anyone else is on the ARLA Facebook page but there's a closed group for ARLA members and I suggested that ARLA should be doing vit D milk ages ago.

I suggested they call it 'winter milk'

I suspect this has been under development for years and has nothing to do with my suggestion but in my own mind I'll take a little credit for it.

 

[Tonka]

I don't know if anyone else is on the ARLA Facebook page but there's a closed group for ARLA members and I suggested that ARLA should be doing vit D milk ages ago.

I suggested they call it 'winter milk'

I suspect this has been under development for years and has nothing to do with my suggestion but in my own mind I'll take a little credit for it.

Can you suggest Milk from Grazed Cows......quite honestly, I would double what I pay for my milk to buy this, but needs to be in glass bottles and on my doorstep........but haven't found it near me. You may appreciate I don't buy on price..........and would probably have to restrict my intake to 6 months of the year!
Seriously, where can I buy such milk?

 

[s line]

Our local dairy cotteswold dairy in Gloucestershire. Is promoting it's free range dairy with milk from grazing cow's. Have a Google for free range dairy for tour area. You might find something.

 

[Courier]

Can you suggest Milk from Grazed Cows......quite honestly, I would double what I pay for my milk to buy this, but needs to be in glass bottles and on my doorstep........but haven't found it near me. You may appreciate I don't buy on price..........and would probably have to restrict my intake to 6 months of the year!
Seriously, where can I buy such milk?

Double wouldn't be enough - the supermarkets (with the willing cooperation of the major diaries) have spent the last 20 years dismantling the infrastructure for daily recyclable glass deliveries. [emoji15]

Unless you are lucky enough to be served by a niche dairy.

 

[Courier]

I don't know if anyone else is on the ARLA Facebook page but there's a closed group for ARLA members and I suggested that ARLA should be doing vit D milk ages ago.

I suggested they call it 'winter milk'

I suspect this has been under development for years and has nothing to do with my suggestion but in my own mind I'll take a little credit for it.

When quotas were introduced one of the ways of circumventing the rules was to sell flavoured milk. Vitamin D was not a flavouring but Vitamin E was but in the quantities required was too costly.

 

[Clay52]

Can you suggest Milk from Grazed Cows......quite honestly, I would double what I pay for my milk to buy this, but needs to be in glass bottles and on my doorstep........but haven't found it near me. You may appreciate I don't buy on price..........and would probably have to restrict my intake to 6 months of the year!
Seriously, where can I buy such milk?

What's the attraction with glass bottles.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

In other news, someone missed a corner

and it wasn't even me.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

What's the attraction with glass bottles.

Northern hemisphere nostalgia.

 

[Agrispeed]

What's the attraction with glass bottles.

It's all part of the experience - making milk an experience is an important part of making it a desirable foodstuff.

I think glass bottles have been abandoned because of hygiene issues. Something reused cannot be guaranteed to be clean. FSA are not particularly keen on them.

 

[pappuller]

Creamline dairies, manchester still run glass bottles for doorstep delivery, all fresh milk from 22 Cheshire dairy farms.

 

[Tonka]

What's the attraction with glass bottles.

They get returned - they don't fill my waste/recycling bin.
Milk tastes better out of glass bottles, rather than plastic. However, would like a creamline too.
Delivered on the doorstep [I'm sure plastic is too....], don't have to lug it home; open the door in the morning and voila....like magic!
No idea what I pay/pint, but wouldn't change my doorstep delivery.............ever!

 

[multi power]

Can you suggest Milk from Grazed Cows......quite honestly, I would double what I pay for my milk to buy this, but needs to be in glass bottles and on my doorstep........but haven't found it near me. You may appreciate I don't buy on price..........and would probably have to restrict my intake to 6 months of the year!
Seriously, where can I buy such milk?

Organic

 

[William Mellor]

Can you suggest Milk from Grazed Cows......quite honestly, I would double what I pay for my milk to buy this, but needs to be in glass bottles and on my doorstep........but haven't found it near me. You may appreciate I don't buy on price..........and would probably have to restrict my intake to 6 months of the year!
Seriously, where can I buy such milk?

Nice piece in the farmers guardian by @runny egg over free range milk