AGR 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Organic Milk, Brown Swiss, Melatonin
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Whatever you feed animals ends up in its milk. 20-30% of fresh milk actually goes to product. Different classes of milk: class 1: 1%, 2% skim milk, buttermilk, class 2: ice cream, yogurt, sour cream, class 3: cheese, class 4: butter, powder and condensed milk, class 5: non-cheese products, pizza, chocolate. Slumber bedtime milk: organic milk that contains higher melatonin, helps you sleep. Increase is achieved naturally by milking cows at night when melatonin in their system is at its peak. Dairy farming in canada: most cows in quebec in ontario. Dairy farming around the world: new zealand. Cows spend most time in pasture: southern us (florida, cali) Us gov allows use of growth hormones to promote milk production: european union. Ireland has best cows, eat a lot of natural grass, gain a lot of muscle mass by walking over rolling hills: developing countries. Want to be the us over night.