Looking to set up a very small Micro Dairy or probably around 3-4 milking cows to run as a sort of diversification project along side working. I'm keen on a beef cross or maybe a fleckvieh type breed to use, milking once a day. Can anybody tell me what sort of yield I would be looking at for an animal that has been OAD its whole production life? It would be an entirely forage based system (the only concentrates being a small incentive to come into the parlour), then cows dried off, moved indoors and fed silage/hay over winter. From my research I'm imagining an average of around the 3500 mark? And any idea of the average number of days in milk I can expect?
The milk will be sold direct to customers after being pasteurised. A simple line from cow to pasteuriser to bottle to customer. What would be the rules and regs around doing this? Who do I need to inform and be checked by etc. A sort of how to guide would be ideal if anybody has experience of this.
Any other advice or experience would be hugely appreciated.
Many thanks
The milk will be sold direct to customers after being pasteurised. A simple line from cow to pasteuriser to bottle to customer. What would be the rules and regs around doing this? Who do I need to inform and be checked by etc. A sort of how to guide would be ideal if anybody has experience of this.
Any other advice or experience would be hugely appreciated.
Many thanks