2dimes wrote:A big part of the reason for cows lactating too much is the hormones they are given in the US.
We have a local small scale dairy farm
Goodale Farms where they state the following on their website.
We are not certified organic, nor are we seeking to be. We raise our animals and grow our food the way our ancestors did. We do not use antibiotics, steroids, or growth hormones (BGH or BST). We try to farm as close to nature as we can. However, should the occasion arise where we need to treat an animal or crop to prevent death or loss, we will utilize every option available to us. That animal or product will never be offered to the public until we have cleared any such treatment from its system.
In a recent article in the local online newspaper, the Riverhead Local,
PETA protests at Aquebogue dairy farm, the founder of the farm, Hal Goodale, stated, “Mothers produce between five and six pounds of milk per day and calves can only drink about one pound per day. If we don’t milk the mothers they will get sick.”
I think a big reason might be the old fashioned thing ... breeding. There has been a big change in the US over the course of the last century to go from "creamers" to "milkers" or quantity over quality. No one in the US wants milk where the "cream rises to the top" and in fact there is a considerable desire for as thin a milk as possible.
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:15 am
