April 6th Farm Report

April 6, 2009

We are well into calving now.  We are up to 68 calves, with a few more girls (38) than boys (28).  The milk supply is great and increasing every day.  When you come out to the Store, stop by the paddock by the driveway and look over the newest babies.  If you time it right, they will be zooming around the paddock, kicking up their heels.  Like babies all over, they sleep, eat and play (in that order).

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I ran across a good raw milk article by Mike Adams. He is the editor of a web site called Natural News. Check it out.

Organic Valley announces it will drop farmers caught selling raw milk

The Board of Directors of the CROPP Cooperative (Organic Valley) notified it's farmers the last week of June that effective January 1, 2011, any farmer/patron caught diverting milk for raw milk sales will be dropped from the cooperative. In a time of oversupply of organic milk, there are few options for the farmer to change to a different milk processor. Visit the Organic Valley web site to express your opinion.