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! :)
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?
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!
well welcome to the both of you! I hope that you will be an active participant in our little community.
Welcome Althea, have fun with both new adventures and living your dreams!
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.
Welcome Althea enjoy!