Activity Monitors Help Keep Our Cows Healthy

Activity Monitors Help Keep Our Cows Healthy

Tracking fitness is a trend that continues to rise, with about 14 million Fitbit devices being sold in 2018. The opportunity to track fitness goals, heart rate and sleep patterns is appealing to many people as part of efforts to monitor overall health, and now farmers...
Caring for Cows: Calf Edition, Part 2- Group Housing

Caring for Cows: Calf Edition, Part 2- Group Housing

Before a heifer calf grows up to be a cow in the milking herd, she will be taken care of for two years either on-farm or on a calf ranch. These little ladies are fed a nutritious diet starting with colostrum to help build their immune systems. They then move on to...
Caring for Cows: Calf Edition- Part 1

Caring for Cows: Calf Edition- Part 1

Calves are the future of any dairy, which is why providing  the very best care for them is top priority at every farm. Heifer calves are tended to for two years, either on a farm or calf ranch, before joining the milking herd as a (mature) cow. Calf Care: When calves...
Cutting the Cheese for a Decade!

Cutting the Cheese for a Decade!

On this day in 2009 our cheese plant made it’s first batch of cheese! Since then, millions of pounds of fresh Arizona milk have created many types of delicious cheeses. Normally, cheese heads from Wisconsin only visit Arizona in the winter. We are glad they...

Fun Facts About Cows

Everyone knows that cows give us milk which makes all our favorite foods, like cheese, yogurt, ice cream etc. but did you know some of these fun facts about cows…   They are curious by nature. When something new is happening on the dairy, the cows are sure...
All About Arizona Corn Harvest

All About Arizona Corn Harvest

July in Arizona means corn harvest for our dairy farmers. Long days are spent harvesting hundreds of acres to prepare feed for the future. Feeding cows year round takes a lot of planning. Considering that cows can eat over 100 pounds of food per day, it is important...