Dairy 56228 224991501 2008-07-11T10:21:49Z VoABot II 1879647 BOT - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/85.92.209.135|85.92.209.135]] {[[User:VoABot_II/Help#Revert_reasons|possible vandalism]]} ([[User:VoABot_II/Mistakes|mistake?]]) to last version by "Wenli". {{otheruses4|the dairy industry in general|dairy farming specifically|dairy farming}} [[Image:Dairy4667.jpg|thumb|right|A dairy farm near [[Oxford, New York]] in the United States.]] A '''dairy''' is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal [[milk]]&mdash;mostly from [[goat|goats]] or [[cattle|cows]], but also from [[bovine|buffalo]], [[sheep]], [[horses]], or [[camel]]s &mdash;for human consumption. Terminology differs slightly between countries. In particular, in the U.S. a ''dairy'' can also be the facility that processes and distributes the milk or the store that sells [[dairy products]], and in [[New Zealand English]] a ''dairy'' means a [[corner shop]], or [[Superette]]&mdash;and ''dairy factory'' is the term for what is elsewhere a ''dairy''. As an adjective, the word ''dairy'' describes milk-based products, derivatives and processes, for example [[dairy cattle]], [[dairy goat]]. A [[dairy farm]] produces milk and a dairy [[factory]] processes it into a variety of [[dairy product]]s. ==History== Milk-producing animals have been domesticated for thousands of years. Initially they were part of the subsistence farming that nomads engaged in. As the community moved about the country so did their animals accompany them. Protecting and feeding the animals were a big part of the symbiotic relationship between the animal and the [[herd]]er. In the more recent past, people in [[agriculture|agricultural societies]] owned dairy animals that they milked for domestic or local (village) consumption, a typical example of a [[cottage industry]]. The animals might serve multiple purposes (for example, as a draught animal for pulling a [[plough]] as a youngster and at the end of its useful life as [[meat]]). In this case the animals were normally milked by hand and the herd size was quite small so that all of the animals could be milked in less than an hour&mdash;about 10 per milker. With [[Industrial Revolution|industrialisation]] and [[urbanisation]] the supply of milk became a [[commercial industry]] with specialised [[List of breeds of cattle|breeds of cow]] being developed for dairy, as distinct from [[beef]] or [[Working animals#Animals used for their strength|draught]] animals. Initially more people were employed as milkers but it soon turned to [[Mechanization|mechanisation]] with machines designed to do the milking. [[Image:Milking-a-cow-past.jpg|thumb|left|''Farmer milking a cow by hand''.]] Historically, the [[milking]] and the [[Food processing|processing]] took place close together in space and time: on a [[dairy farming|dairy farm]]. People milked the animals by hand; on farms where only small numbers are kept hand-milking may still be practiced. Hand-milking is accomplished by grasping the [[teat]]s (often pronounced ''tit'' or ''tits'') in the hand and expressing milk either by squeezing the fingers progressively, from the [[udder]] end to the tip, or by squeezing the teat between thumb and index finger then moving the hand downward from udder towards the end of the teat. The action of the hand or fingers is designed to close off the milk duct at the udder (upper) end and, by the movement of the fingers, close the duct progressively to the tip to express the trapped milk. Each half or quarter of the udder is emptied one milk-duct capacity at a time. The ''stripping'' action is repeated, using both hands for speed. Both methods result in the milk that was trapped in the [[milk duct]] being squirted out the end into a bucket that is supported between the knees (or rests on the ground) of the milker, who usually sits on a low stool. Traditionally the cow, or cows, would stand in the [[Field (agriculture)|field]] or [[paddock]] while being milked. Young stock, [[cattle|heifer]]s, would have to be trained to remain still to be milked. In many countries the cows were tethered to a post and milked. The problem with this method is that it relies on quiet, tractable beasts, because the hind end of the cow is not restrained. In 1937 it was found that [[bovine somatotropin]] (bST) (bovine growth hormone) would increase the yield of milk. [[Monsanto]] developed a synthetic version of this hormone. In February 1994 bST was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the U.S. It has become common, in the U.S. but not elsewhere, to inject it into milch kine (dairy cows) in order to increase their production by up to 10%. However, there are claims that this practice can have negative consequences for the animals themselves. ==Operation of the dairy farm== See [[dairy farming]] and [[dairy cattle]] for more information. When it became necessary to milk larger numbers of cows, the cows would be brought to a [[shed]] or [[Barn (building)|barn]] that was set up with [[bail]]s ([[stall (enclosure)|stall]]s) where the cows could be confined while they were milked. One person could milk more cows this way, as many as 20 for a skilled worker. But having cows standing about in the yard and shed waiting to be milked is not good for the cow, as she needs as much time in the paddock grazing as is possible. It is usual to restrict the twice-daily milking to a maximum of an hour and a half each time. It makes no difference whether one milks 10 or 1000 cows, the milking time should not exceed a total of about three hours each day for any cow. As [[herd]] sizes increased there was more need to have efficient milking machines, sheds, milk-storage facilities ([[Bulk tank|vat]]s), bulk-milk transport and shed cleaning capabilities and the means of getting cows from paddock to shed and back. Farmers found that cows would abandon their grazing area and walk towards the milking area when the time came for milking. This is not surprising as, in the flush of the milking season, cows presumably get very uncomfortable with udders engorged with milk, and the place of relief for them is the milking shed. As herd numbers increased so did the problems of [[animal health]]. In [[New Zealand]] two approaches to this problem have been used. The first was improved [[veterinary medicine]]s (and the government regulation of the medicines) that the farmer could use. The other was the creation of ''veterinary clubs'' where groups of farmers would employ a [[Veterinary medicine|veterinarian]] (vet) full-time and share those services throughout the year. It was in the vet's interest to keep the animals healthy and reduce the number of calls from farmers, rather than to ensure that the farmer needed to call for service and pay regularly. Most dairy farmers milk their cows with absolute regularity at a minimum of twice a day, with some high-producing herds milking up to four times a day to lessen the weight of large volumes of milk in the udder of the cow. This daily milking routine goes on for about 300 to 320 days per year that the cow stays in milk. Some small herds are milked once a day for about the last 20 days of the production cycle but this is not usual for large herds. If a cow is left unmilked just once she is likely to reduce milk-production almost immediately and the rest of the season may see her ''dried off'' (giving no milk) and still consuming feed for no production. However, once-a-day milking is now being practised more widely in New Zealand for profit and [[lifestyle]] reasons. This is effective because the fall in milk yield is at least partially offset by labour and cost savings from milking once per day. This compares to some intensive farm systems in the [[United States]] that milk three or more times per day due to higher milk yields per cow and lower marginal [[labor costs]]. Farmers who are contracted to supply liquid milk for human consumption (as opposed to milk for processing into [[butter]], [[cheese]], and so on&mdash;see [[milk]]) often have to manage their [[herd]] so that the contracted number of cows are in milk the year round, or the required minimum milk output is maintained. This is done by mating cows outside their natural mating time so that the period when each cow in the herd is giving maximum production is in rotation throughout the year. Northern hemisphere farmers who keep cows in barns almost all the year usually manage their herds to give continuous production of milk so that they get paid all year round. In the southern hemisphere the [[cooperative]] dairying systems allow for two months on no productivity because their systems are designed to take advantage of maximum grass and milk production in the spring and because the milk processing plants pay bonuses in the dry (winter) season to carry the farmers through the mid-winter break from milking. It also means that cows have a rest from milk production when they are most heavily pregnant. Some year-round milk farms are penalised financially for over-production at any time in the year by being unable to sell their overproduction at current prices. [[Artificial insemination]] (AI) is common in all high-production herds. ==Industrial== [[Image:StanhopeFactory.JPG|thumb|right|A [[Fonterra]] cooperative dairy factory in Australia.]] ''Main article: [[dairy products]]'' ===Cream and butter=== Today, milk is separated by large machines in bulk into cream and skim milk. The cream is processed to produce various consumer products, depending on its thickness, its suitability for culinary uses and consumer demand, which differs from place to place and country to country. Some cream is dried and powdered, some is condensed (by [[evaporation]]) mixed with varying amounts of [[sugar]] and canned. Most cream from New Zealand and Australian factories is made into [[butter]]. This is done by [[churning (butter)|churning]] the cream until the fat globules coagulate and form a monolithic mass. This butter mass is washed and, sometimes, salted to improve keeping qualities. The residual [[buttermilk]] goes on to further processing. The butter is packaged (25 to 50 kg boxes) and chilled for storage and sale. At a later stage these packages are broken down into home-consumption sized packs. Butter sells for about US$3200 a [[tonne]] on the international market in 2007 (an unusual high).<ref>[http://future.aae.wisc.edu/data/monthly_values/by_area/11?tab=prices] U.S. domestic price</ref> ===Skim milk=== The product left after the cream is removed is called skim, or skimmed, milk. Reacting skim milk with [[rennet]] or with an acid makes [[casein]] [[curds]] from the milk solids in skim milk, with [[whey]] as a residual. To make a consumable liquid a portion of cream is returned to the skim milk to make ''[[low fat]] milk'' (semi-skimmed) for human consumption. By varying the amount of cream returned, producers can make a variety of low-fat milks to suit their local market. Other products, such as [[calcium]], [[vitamin D]], and flavouring, are also added to appeal to consumers. ===Casein=== [[Casein]] is the predominant [[phosphoprotein]] found in fresh milk. It has a very wide range of uses from being a filler for human foods, such as in [[ice cream]], to the manufacture of products such as [[cloth|fabric]], [[adhesive]]s, and [[plastic]]s. ===Cheese=== [[Cheese]] is another product made from milk. Whole milk is reacted to form curds that can be compressed, processed and stored to form cheese. In countries where milk is legally allowed to be processed without [[pasteurize|pasteurisation]] a wide range of cheeses can be made using the bacteria naturally in the milk. In most other countries, the range of cheeses is smaller and the use of artificial cheese curing is greater. Whey is also the byproduct of this process. Cheese has historically been an important way of "storing" milk over the year, and carrying over its nutritional value between prosperous years and fallow ones. It is a food product that, with [[bread]] and [[beer]], dates back to [[prehistory]] in Middle Eastern and European cultures, and like them is subject to innumerable variety and local specificity. Although nowhere near as big as the market for cow's milk cheese, a considerable amount of cheese is made commercially from other milks, especially goat and sheep (see [[Roquefort cheese]] for a notable example). ===Whey=== In earlier times whey was considered to be a waste product and it was, mostly, fed to pigs as a convenient means of disposal. Beginning about 1950, and mostly since about 1980, [[lactose]] and many other products, mainly food additives, are made from both casein and cheese whey. ===Yogurt=== [[Yoghurt]] (or yogurt) making is a process similar to cheese making, only the process is arrested before the curd becomes very hard. ===Milk powders=== Milk is also processed by various drying processes into powders. Whole milk and skim-milk powders for human and animal consumption and buttermilk (the residue from butter-making) powder is used for animal food. The main difference between production of powders for human or for animal consumption is in the protection of the process and the product from contamination. Some people drink milk reconstituted from powdered milk, because milk is about 88% water and it is much cheaper to transport the dried product. Dried skim milk powder is worth about US$5300 a [[tonne]] (mid-2007 prices) on the international market.<ref>[http://www.mdcdatum.org.uk/ProcessorDataPrices/euwholesaledairyprices.html] European prices</ref> ===Other milk products=== [[Kumis]] is produced commercially in [[Central Asia]]. Although it is traditionally made from [[horse|mare]]'s milk, modern industrial variants may use cow's milk instead. ==Transport of milk== Historically, the milking and the processing took place in the same place: on a dairy farm. Later, cream was separated from the milk by machine, on the farm, and the cream was transported to a [[factory]] for buttermaking. The skim milk was fed to [[pig]]s. This allowed for the high cost of transport (taking the smallest volume high-value product), primitive trucks and the poor quality of roads. Only farms close to factories could afford to take whole milk, which was essential for cheesemaking in industrial quantities, to them. The development of [[refrigeration]] and better road transport, in the late 1950s, has meant that most farmers milk their cows and only temporarily store the milk in large refrigerated [[bulk tank]]s, whence it is later transported by truck to central processing facilities. ===Milking machines=== [[Image:Cow milking machine in action DSC04132.jpg|thumb|right|''The milking machine extracts milk from all teats''.]] Milking machines are used to harvest milk from cows when manual milking becomes inefficient or labour intensive. The milking unit is the portion of a milking machine for removing milk from an udder. It is made up of a claw, four teatcups, (Shells and rubber liners) long milk tube, long pulsation tube, and a pulsator. The claw is an assembly that connects the short pulse tubes and short milk tubes from the teatcups to the long pulse tube and long milk tube. (Cluster assembly) Claws are commonly made of stainless steel or plastic or both. Teatcups are composed of a rigid outer shell (stainless steel or plastic) that holds a soft inner liner or ''inflation''. Transparent sections in the shell may allow viewing of liner collapse and milk flow. The annular space between the shell and liner is called the pulse chamber. Milking machines work in a way that is different from hand milking or calf suckling. Continuous vacuum is applied inside the soft liner to massage milk from the teat by creating a pressure difference across the teat canal (or opening at the end of the teat). Vacuum also helps keep the machine attached to the cow. The vacuum applied to the teat causes congestion of teat tissues (accumulation of blood and other fluids). Atmospheric air is admitted into the pulsation chamber about once per second (the pulsation rate) to allow the liner to collapse around the end of teat and relieve congestion in the teat tissue. The ratio of the time that the liner is open (milking phase) and closed (rest phase) is called the pulsation ratio. The four streams of milk from the teatcups are usually combined in the claw and transported to the milkline, or the collection bucket (usually sized to the output of one cow) in a single milk hose. Milk is then transported (manually in buckets) or with a combination of airflow and mechanical [[pump]] to a central storage [[vat]] or [[bulk tank]]. Milk is refrigerated on the farm in most countries either by passing through a [[heat-exchanger]] or in the bulk tank, or both. In the photo above is a bucket milking system with the stainless steel bucket visible on the far side of the cow. The two rigid stainless steel teatcup shells applied to the front two quarters of the udder are visible. The top of the flexible liner is visible at the top of the shells as are the short milk tubes and short pulsation tubes extending from the bottom of the shells to the claw. The bottom of the claw is transparent to allow observation of milk flow. When milking is completed the vacuum to the milking unit is shut off and the teatcups are removed. Milking machines keep the milk enclosed and safe from external contamination. The interior 'milk contact' surfaces of the machine are kept clean by a manual or automated washing procedures implemented after milking is completed. Milk contact surfaces must comply with regulations requiring food-grade materials (typically [[stainless steel]] and special plastics and rubber compounds) and are easily cleaned. Most milking machines are powered by [[Electrical power industry|electricity]] but, in case of electrical failure, there can be an alternative means of motive power, often an [[internal combustion engine]], for the vacuum and milk pumps. Milk cows cannot tolerate delays in scheduled milking without serious milk production reductions. ===Milking shed layouts=== '''Bail-style sheds'''&mdash; This type of milking facility was the first development, after open-paddock milking, for many farmers. The building was a long, narrow, ''lean-to'' shed that was open along one long side. The cows were held in a yard at the open side and when they were about to be milked they were positioned in one of the bails (stalls). Usually the cows were restrained in the bail with a breech chain and a rope to restrain the outer back leg. The cow could not move about excessively and the milker could expect not to be kicked or trampled while sitting on a (three-legged) stool and milking into a bucket. When each cow was finished she backed out into the yard again. As herd sizes increased a door was set into the front of each bail so that when the milking was done for any cow the milker could, after undoing the leg-rope and with a remote link, open the door and allow her to exit to the pasture. The door was closed, the next cow walked into the bail and was secured. When milking machines were introduced bails were set in pairs so that a cow was being milked in one paired bail while the other could be prepared for milking. When one was finished the machine's cups are swapped to the other cow. This is the same as for ''Swingover Milking Parlours'' as described below except that the cups are loaded on the udder from the side. As herd numbers increased it was easier to double-up the cup-sets and milk both cows simultaneously than to increase the number of bails. About 50 cows an hour can be milked in a shed with 8 bales by one person. '''Herringbone Milking Parlours'''&mdash; In herringbone milking sheds, or parlours, cows enter, in single file, and line up almost perpendicular to the central aisle of the milking parlour on both sides of a central pit in which the milker works (you can visualise a fishbone with the ribs representing the cows and the spine being the milker's working area; the cows face outward). After washing the udder and teats the cups of the milking machine are applied to the cows, from the rear of their hind legs, on both sides of the working area. Large herringbone sheds can milk up to 600 cows efficiently with two people. '''Swingover Milking Parlours'''&mdash; Swingover parlours are the same as herringbone parlours except they have only one set of milking cups to be shared between the two rows of cows, as one side is being milked the cows on the other side are moved out and replaced with unmilked ones. The advantage of this system is that it is less costly to equip, however it operates at slightly better than half-speed and one would not normally try to milk more than about 100 cows with one person. '''Rotary Milking sheds'''&mdash; Rotary milking sheds consist of a turntable with about 12 to 100 individual stalls for cows around the outer edge. A "good" rotary will be operated with 24&ndash;32 (~48&ndash;50+) stalls by one (two) milkers. The turntable is turned by an electric-motor drive at a rate that one turn is the time for a cow to be milked completely. As an empty stall passes the entrance a cow steps on, facing the centre, and rotates with the turntable. The next cow moves into the next vacant stall and so on. The operator, or milker, cleans the teats, attaches the cups and does any other feeding or whatever husbanding operations that are necessary. Cows are milked as the platform rotates. The milker, or an automatic device, removes the milking machine cups and the cow backs out and leaves at an exit just before the entrance. The rotary system is capable of milking very large herds&mdash;over a thousand cows. '''Automatic Milking sheds'''&mdash; [[Automatic milking]] or 'robotic milking' sheds can be seen in many European countries. Current automatic milking sheds use the [[Automatic milking#Voluntary Milking Systems (VMS)|voluntary milking]] (VM) method. These allow the cows to voluntarily present themselves for milking at any time of the day or night, although repeat visits may be limited by the farmer through computer software. A [[robot]] arm is used to clean teats and apply milking equipment, while automated gates direct cow traffic, eliminating the need for the farmer to be present during the process. The entire process is computer controlled. There is a description of an automatic system here&mdash;<ref>[http://www.roboticdairy.com/indexframe01.htm] Robotic dairy at Winnindoo, Vic, Australia.</ref> '''Supplementary accessories in sheds'''&mdash; Farmers soon realised that a milking shed was a good place to feed cows supplementary foods that overcame local dietary deficiencies or added to the cows' wellbeing and production. Each bail might have a box into which such feed is delivered as the cow arrives so that she is eating while being milked. A computer can read the eartag of each beast to ration the correct individual supplement. The holding yard at the entrance of the shed is important as a means of keeping cows moving into the shed. Most yards have a powered gate that ensures that the cows are kept close to the shed. [[Water]] is a vital commodity on a dairy farm: cows drink about 20 gallons (80 litres) a day, sheds need water to cool and clean them. Pumps and reservoirs are common at milking facilities. ===Temporary milk storage=== Milk coming from the cow is transported to a nearby storage vessel by the airflow leaking around the cups on the cow or by a special "air inlet" (5-10 l/min free air) in the claw. From there it is pumped by a mechanical pump and cooled by a [[heat exchanger]]. The milk is then stored in a large vat, or [[bulk tank]], which is usually refrigerated until collection for processing. ===Processing facilities=== Topics: *[[Pasteurization]], [[homogenization]] *[[Cream]] extraction *[[Cheese]] making *[[Butter]]making *[[Casein]]making *[[Yogurt]] processing ==Waste disposal== [[Image:Manure spreader 8685.jpg|thumb|right|Manure spreader going to the field from a dairy farm, [[Elba, New York]].]] In countries where cows are grazed outside year-round there is little waste disposal to deal with. The most concentrated waste is at the milking shed where the animal waste is liquefied (during the water-washing process) and allowed to flow by gravity, or pumped, into [[compost]]ing ponds with [[anaerobic bacteria]] to consume the solids. The processed water and nutrients are then pumped back onto the pasture as [[irrigation]] and [[fertilizer]]. Surplus animals are slaughtered for processed [[meat]] and other [[rendering (industrial)|rendered]] products. In the associated milk processing factories most of the waste is washing water that is treated, usually by composting, and returned to waterways. This is much different from half a century ago when the main products were butter, cheese and casein, and the rest of the milk had to be disposed of as waste (sometimes as animal feed). In areas where cows are housed all year round the waste problem is difficult because of the amount of feed that is bought in and the amount of bedding material that also has to be removed and composted. The size of the problem can be understood by standing downwind of the barns where such dairying goes on. In many cases modern farms have very large quantities of milk to be transported to a factory for processing. If anything goes wrong with the milking, transport or processing facilities it can be a major disaster trying to dispose of enormous quantities of milk. If a road [[tank truck|tanker]] overturns on a road the rescue crew is looking at accommodating the spill of 10 to 20 thousand gallons of milk (45 to 90 thousand litres) without allowing any into the waterways. A derailed rail [[tank car|tanker-train]] may involve 10 times that amount. Without refrigeration, milk is a fragile commodity and it is very damaging to the environment in its raw state. A widespread electrical power [[power outage|blackout]] is another disaster for the dairy industry because both milking and processing facilities are affected. In dairy-intensive areas the simplest way of disposing of large quantities of milk has been to dig a large hole in the ground and allow the clay to filter the milk solids as it soaks away. This is not very satisfactory. ==Associated diseases== Mastitis can also be a common disease found in milk which cause it to go off very quickly and has a horrible sour taste. * [[Leptospirosis]] is one of the most common debilitating diseases of milkers, made somewhat worse since the introduction of herringbone sheds because of unavoidable direct contact with bovine urine * [[Cowpox]] is one of the helpful diseases; it is barely harmful to humans and tends to inoculate them against other [[pox]]es such as [[chickenpox]] * [[Tuberculosis]] (TB) is able to be transmitted from cattle ([http://www.newtrendspublishing.com/USOMilk/Chapter15.pdf myth]!) mainly via milk products that are [[Pasteurization|unpasteurised]] and many dairy-producing families consume milk that way. In the important dairy exporting countries TB has been eradicated from herds by testing for the disease and culling suspected animals * [[Brucellosis]] is a bacterial disease transmitted to humans by dairy products and direct animal contact. In the important dairy exporting countries Brucellosis has been eradicated from herds by testing for the disease and culling suspected animals * [[Listeria monocytogenes|Listeria]] is a bacterial disease associated with [[Pasteurization|unpasteurised]] milk and can affect some cheeses made in traditional ways. Careful observance of the traditional cheesemaking methods achieves reasonable protection for the consumer * [[Johne's Disease]] (pronounced "yo-knees") is a contagious, chronic and usually fatal infection in [[ruminants]] caused by a bacterium named [[Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis]] (M. [[paratuberculosis]]). The bacteria is present in retail milk and is believed by some researchers to be the primary cause of [[Crohn's]] disease in humans. This disease is not known to infect animals in Australia and New Zealand. ==Notes== <references/> ==References== *Jay, J.M. (1992). ''Modern Food Microbiology. Fourth Edition.'' New York: Chapman & Hall. pp. 237-9. *Potter, N.N. & J. H. Hotchkiss. (1995). ''Food Science. Fifth Edition.'' New York: Chapman & Hall. pp. 279-315. *Swasigood, H.E. (1985). "Characteristics of Edible Fluids of Animal Origin: Milk." In ''Food Chemistry. Second Edition. Revised and Expanded.'' O.R. Fennema, Ed. New York: Marcell Dekker, Inc. pp. 791-827. ==External links== * [http://www.dairycouncilofca.org/ Dairy Council of California] * [http://www.nationaldairycouncil.org/ National Dairy Council] * [http://www.mdc.org.uk/ Milk Development Council - UK] * [http://www.pukeariki.com/en/stories/farming/milkingintheearlydays.asp Milking in the early days] * [http://www.haryana-online.com/ndri.htm National Dairy Research Institute] * [http://www.mdc.org.uk/ Milk Development Council - UK] *[http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/search.tkl?q=dairy&search_crit=title&search=Search&date1=Anytime&date2=Anytime&type=form Read Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports regarding the Dairy Industry] * [http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/dairy/herd/house/index.html Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs - Dairy Housing Advice] * [http://www.foodsci.uoguelph.ca/dairyedu/home.html University of Guelph Dairy Science and Technology Education Series] -- Online technical information about dairy products. * [http://www.dairyscience.info/index.asp Dairy Science and Food Technology: Starters, Probiotics, Cheese and Antimicrobial Systems] * [http://www.petaindia.com/vdairy.html PETA page on the Health Risks of Dairy] * [http://www.dexcel.co.nz/main.cfm Dairy research and information from New Zealand] * [http://www.ruralenergy.co.nz/blog2/archives/cat_waterheating.html Dairy water heating technologies in NZ] * [http://www.treeoflife.nu/dairyperspectives.html Perspectives on Dairy by Gabriel Cousens M.D.,M.D.(H) - The Vegan Angle] * [http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/welfare/farmed/advice/moderndairycow.pdf Housing the Modern Dairy Cow] * [http://www.barbwiremuseum.com/barbedwirehistory.htm The story of barbed wire is intimately bound up in dairying] * [http://www.dhia.org/ National Dairy Herd Improvement Assoc] * [http://www.clal.it Dairy Market review] * [http://yja.org/blog/an-interesting-article/ Life Cycle of a Dairy Cow in America] * [http://www.trianglevegsociety.org/grapevine/v11_2/jain.html Jain Perspective on Dairy] [[Category:Dairy farming]] [[da:Mejeri]] [[de:Molkerei]] [[es:Lácteo]] [[fr:Laitage]] [[fy:Molkfabryk]] [[he:מחלבה]] [[nl:Zuivelfabriek]] [[no:Meieri]] [[ja:酪農]] [[pl:Mleczarstwo]] [[pt:Lacticínios]] [[fi:Meijeri]] [[sv:Mejeri]]