964 miles to Bad Axe, Michigan
Bad Axe, MI
3,000 cow dairy
3,000 cow dairy
3,000 cow dairy
3,000 cow dairy
Electronic collar provides data to computer such as identity of cow, how much milk is produced, how long it takes to milk, etc...
60 cows are in each row, for a total of 120 cows being milked at the same time. Cows are milked 3 times a day. These stalls are operating 24/7/365.
These cows produce up to 100 lbs of milk a day.
After the forward bars open up, the cows go back to their pens.
After the forward bars open up, the cows go back to their pens.
Here's a different style of dairy operation... the Merry-Go Round.
This merry-go-round holds 40 cows. The cows walk on and are milked by the time they make one rotation, then they back themselves off.
A cow backing off the merry-go-round.
A cow backing off the merry-go-round.
40 cow merry-go-round.
40 cow merry-go-round.
40 cow merry-go-round.
40 cow merry-go-round.
Inside the merry-go-round, we see the milk being pumped to a manifold that goes to a 6,000 gallon milk tank. The milk is cooled as it flows to tank.
These cows are pumping a lot of milk!
The windmill farm near Pigeon, MI.
The windmill farm near Pigeon, MI.
The windmill farm near Pigeon, MI.
The windmill farm near Pigeon, MI.
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964 miles to Bad Axe, Michigan