Hello from Maine

[Althea]

I have a small licensed dairy with Jersey cows. Will be milking 9 cows by summer and legally sell raw milk, but dream of making cheese full time!

[anarch]

Welcome!

I'm new here too .  How hard was it to build your dairy/get all the legal stuff in place?  I'm interested in doing that in the future (but with sheep) but it seems like so much cash outlay, you know?

[Althea]

Well I am very, very small scale. Milking just one cow at atime with a bucket milker but worked with our states dairy inspector to meet the code. It wasn't terribly expensive, but truth be told it isn't even really large enough scale for milking 6 cows let alone 9! I plan to expand next spring and if I were to do it again I would invest more money to plan for expansion from the start. But its a start and I love it!

[zenith1]

well welcome to the both of you! I hope that you will be an active participant in our little community.

[Cheese Head]

Welcome Althea, have fun with both new adventures and living your dreams!

[Gürkan Yeniçeri]

Welcome to the forum Althea. good Luck with your business. There are forum residents who turned this hobby to their dream small business. I am sure you will get lots of advice when it comes to expanding.

[DeejayDebi]

Welcome Althea enjoy!