Our Milk Quality Plan
We have devoted countless hours to educating ourselves, on the care of dairy cows and the handling of raw milk to ensure highest quality milk possible. Below, you will find our Milk Quality Plan. Producing quality milk goes much further than safe handling procedures. Quality milk comes from healthy cows, and healthy cows result from good nutrition, healthy soil, and clean living conditions.
In order to best make an informed choice about raw milk, we encourage members to review our Milk Quality Plan listed below, and to take a moment to review the following information.
In order to best make an informed choice about raw milk, we encourage members to review our Milk Quality Plan listed below, and to take a moment to review the following information.
Land Management
Milk Cow Corrals & Holding Areas.
Corrals are kept from getting muddy and accumulating excess manure as much as possible. In times of continuing rain cows are provided with bedding to keep them out of them out of the mud. |
Milk Cow Health and Feeding
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Milking Practices
We Milk using a milking machine. That way the milk is less likely to become contaminated vs milking into an open bucket. Our milking equipment is washed thoroughly after every milking and sanitized just prior to each milking. We start the milking process by brushing any lose hair, dirt and hay off the cows coat. The teats are washed with a small amount of water then dried. Next we strip out a few squirts of milk into a striping cup and check for abnormalities, after which we dip the teats in antibacterial (organic use approved) teat dip, then thoroughly dry them with a paper towel before we attach the milker and milk the cows. After Milking the cows' teats dipped again and they are returned to the pasture or holding pen. |
Milk Handling & Bottling Practices
After completion of milking the milk is brought into the house, immediately strained and put into sanitized bottles, which are then placed into an ice bath for 40 minutes to cool them to just above 32 degrees. Once chilled the bottles are then placed in our dedicated milk refrigerator and held at just above 32 degrees until they are picked up by our customers. |
Milk Testing
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Recall Plan
Milk received from Rocky Ridge is for the exclusive use of the share members. Contact information is kept on each member. If there ever was an outbreak, all members would be contacted immediately. |