Who would have thought out in the middle of nowhere, in the center of Missouri there would be this 20,000 acre dairy. It was started by a man and wife several years ago as a way to give back to society. He was and is a very wealthy person. He started this dairy as a rehabilitation work program for addicted people.
The individuals who come here, some are sentenced here by the courts, have to stay clean and work for their room and board and wages. The only sad part is less than .5% make it through the drying out process. Less than one percent.
The individuals who come here, some are sentenced here by the courts, have to stay clean and work for their room and board and wages. The only sad part is less than .5% make it through the drying out process. Less than one percent.
All of his milk trucks have this on the sides. A totally Christian work center. By the way, we could not have found this place if it wasn't for GPS.
The dairy has 9,050 milk cows right now. They milk about 3800 on a daily basis. They milk three times a day. The have about 100 calves born a week. That's a lot of moo cows.
This picture of the round milking machine was seen by a man in New Zealand. He knew about the dairy here and came to help this project. He built this round milking 'machine'. The cows face inward, eat and when they go around the circle - which takes seven minutes - the men on the outside of the corral hook up the milkers and the process is completed in seven minutes. There is a water spray on the back side of the circle, so when the cows feel the water spray they back off the machine and another enters the empty stall. This machine, if you will, holds 90 cows at a time. Quite an invention for sure. The dairy sells off six tankers of milk a day.
The dairy also has 2,200 goats. They breed the goats for milk to produce goat cheese.
They had a cute little display of items in the eating hall. Saw this little John Deere replica.
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