How our milk is produced

 

Dairy cows are generally milked at the same time every morning and afternoon because they prefer routine.

Dairy cows are usually milked twice a day in specially designed, electronically controlled milking sheds. Milking stalls in these sheds can be set out in a ‘herringbone’ pattern or on a continuously rotating platform called a rotary that allows the cows to easily and efficiently move through the dairy with minimal handling.

It’s important that the cows are kept happy and relaxed to help them produce milk. Sometimes the farmer even plays soothing background music to help the cows relax!

As the cows are milked, the milk is drawn through milking lines into stainless steel pipes that lead to a refrigerated storage vat, which cools the milk to four degrees Celsius. The milk is stored here until it’s collected by a milk tanker within 24 hours of milking to be taken to the processor to produce UHT Milk.