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How now, brown cow
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
There’s a little bit of Swiss on the Awhitu Peninsula – Brown Swiss, to be precise. Barry Taylor’s sleek brown girls comprise half of his milking herd and they aren’t just pretty faces. “They’re great milking cows, and I’m rapt with them,” he says.
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Which cow is which?
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
The Jersey is a small brown cow, which produces rich creamy milk. Jerseys produce less milk volume, but the high cream and protein content make it good for manufacturing products like ice-cream, butter and dairy deserts. The Jersey cow is generally less hardy than the Friesian.
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Milking your own
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
That’s it! You’re on a lifestyle block, you have room for a cow and you’ve decided you are going to get fresh milk – straight from the source so to speak.
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