Until The Cows Come Home

We pass on the 4 a.m. milking slot, but when Barry calls his brother up and says he has a couple of newbie Canucks who'd like to see the cows get milked in the afternoon, we hustle on over.




A lot of work goes into getting that carton of milk. With over 600 cows to be pumped, it's quite a process (and a little messy). We had a pretty good idea of how the cows got milked using automatic pumps, but it was an education seeing how they were herded along into the milking shed, hooked up, milked and then sent out the other end and into pasture for a fresh feed of grass. In three hours, it's all done.











We meet up with Mike who gives us the rundown on what's happening. The cows are a little skittish having our camera in their faces, but we do what we can to get some shots.













Where does most of that milk go, by the way? Turned into powder and sold to India and China.