Have you ever wondered where your milk comes from? The Mobile Dairy Classroom Experience, which provides an interactive and educational overview of the dairy cow, the milking process and the importance of quality milk, is coming to our school on Friday! The Mobile Dairy Classroom is a 12 x 34 foot trailer that has been modified to fit a milking jar, a set of pumps and room to transport two cows and one calf. It’s lots of fun for kids and adults!
Dairy Fun Facts: Have you ever wondered.....
Cows spend about 10 hours a day eating, 8 hours a day lying down and 6 hours a day on their feet, being milked, walking around their stalls and socializing with their herd mates.
Cows drink about a bathtub full of water and eat about 50 kilograms of food (or 1675 servings of cereal) a day.
Milk contains water and many other nutrients that help us to have a healthy and well-balanced diet.
Cows actually don’t sweat!
Male cattle are called bulls and they do not produce milk.
As mammals, dairy cows produce milk once they have a baby. The milk serves as food for the young calf, but the mother (also known as the dam) produces too much milk for her calf so we receive the rest.
Here in BC a cow can produce as much as 30 litres of milk a day and almost 9500 litres of milk a year.
Have you ever wondered where your milk comes from? The Mobile Dairy Classroom Experience, which provides an interactive and educational overview of the dairy cow, the milking process and the importance of quality milk, is coming to our school on Friday! The Mobile Dairy Classroom is a 12 x 34 foot trailer that has been modified to fit a milking jar, a set of pumps and room to transport two cows and one calf. It’s lots of fun for kids and adults!
