Who would have thought having your own on-farm lab would be so easy- and affordable? I am kicking myself for not trying this sooner. Doing our own, in house, milk quality tests will help our small, licensed dairy to stay on top of cleaning regimens and milk quality. Even though our results will not be … Continue reading Doing Standard Plate Counts- On the Farm
Milk and Milking
Doing your own Plate Counts
I finally plugged in the little petri-film incubator we purchased from Nelson Jameson and I am, at the moment, cooking our first anaerobic plate counts. It took me a long time to get around to this, but I think it will go a long way toward making sure our milk is super clean, as well … Continue reading Doing your own Plate Counts
The Legend of Goat Milk as “The Most Complete Food Known”
The Urban (Rural?) Legend of Goat Milk “The Most Complete Food Known” Gianaclis Caldwell Okay, just Google it. “Goat milk complete food”. You will find the venerable Journal of American Medicine (JAMA) quoted repeatedly (I counted 14 different citations on the first two pages of searching) in such turns of phrase as “as the Journal … Continue reading The Legend of Goat Milk as “The Most Complete Food Known”
Keeping your Home Milk Supply Clean
Here is another article I wrote about a year ago. I did a little study using several local volunteer farms who promised to not change anything about their milking techniques and allowed me to take samples of their milk, which I then sent to a certified laboratory for testing. How Clean is Your Home Milk … Continue reading Keeping your Home Milk Supply Clean