Holters Holstein Farm

Tuesday's class we went out to Holter's Holstein farm and took a tour. I had never been on a dairy farm before so I thought it was really interesting. We got to see where the cows were milked, fed, inseminated etc. They only have enough food to feed the heffers from the grass, so they buy feed from the store to feed the rest of the cows. I learned that the cows are given a 50-60 day dry spell which is something I had never heard of before. Overall it was a really interesting experience.