Dumping Liquid Gold

Last week we had a beautiful little bull calf. It’s always exciting when one of our mammas have a baby!

We separate baby and mamma from the herd. This allows baby and mamma to bond and we make sure he gets all the colostrum and milk he needs.

Right after birth, her milk is extra nutritious and sometimes there is a little blood in the milk (mastitis).

This doesn’t happen very often. But we know its a possibility so we be sure to check the milk prior to combining it with all the other milk.

Can you see where this is going? LOL

Alma had milked this mamma the day before our “incident” and the milk was great. The following day as he pulled out the filter there was little flakes of blood.

“It could be something as simple as the calf got aggressive nursing and bruised her teat.”

-Farmer Alma (he hates when I call him that hehehe)

So we looked at each other and Alma unplugged the tank.

I’ll be honest. It’s not a great feeling knowing your earnings are going down the drain.

But then we think of all our customers.

We know your names, and we care about your families.

Having sanitation practices in place (filters, clean facilities, extra cleanings of the cows, scraping pens, etc.) allows us to be certain we’re doing what we can to provide the best product.

Life happens and it’s okay. Alma and I have seen time and time again; When we stick with our values we see blessings come back ten fold.

You are all blessings in our lives. I say that with a full heart!

Being your farmers is such a rewarding thing…and it buoys us up when stuff like spilled milk (haha) happens.

xoxo -