Where does the milk go? Part 1

Lets start at the beginning......

I think most of us know that milk comes from cows. But where does it go after the cow is milked? The milk travels through a pipeline to the milk house. 

It is then run through a cooling plate. When the cooled milk enters the bulk tank it is 50 degrees Fahrenheit. The bulk tank then cools the milk to 39-40 degrees.  

The milk is stored in the tanks until the milk truck stops to pick it up. After each tank is filled we use a Charm test to check the milk. This test checks for any traces of antibiotics. Any cow we treat with antibiotics is clearly marked with a red ankle braclet and she IS NOT milked into the main pipeline. These treated cows are milked separately and the milk is dumped down the drain. That being said, we still double check the milk in the bulk tanks to be sure there are no antibiotics in the milk going on the truck. The milk truck stops at our farm everyday at 3:00am. Both of our bulk tanks are picked up every morning. Right now we average 85 pounds of milk per cow, that's 10-11 gallons per cow! 

Curious where are milk goes after it is pumped on the truck? Keep checking in, Part 2 will be up soon!