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In reply to the discussion: Was at grocery store yesterday, saw something disturbing. [View all]47of74
(18,470 posts)I think it's actually more sanitary than methods that involve people because the brushes do a good job of cleaning then down there the brushes are themselves cleaned between each use. Still to get the milk really healthy it has to be pasteurized.
Been our experience that cows usually like to take water and throw it on to their backs to cool down. Cows that are being milked we keep in the barn, cows that aren't producing milk go out to the fields but when it gets too hot out they like to come back to the nice cool barn too. We have some Big Ass fans (no really that's the brand name http://www.bigassfans.com/) that we use to try to keep the barn cool and make sure they have access to lots of water at all times. We try to make sure they're not stressed because unstressed, relaxed cows equal more milk. The robots were expensive but dad said we've already made back the cost of the robots in the increased amount of milk the cows produce these days.