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Pioneering Today

Dairy Cow 101: Everything You Need to Know - With Kate from Venison for Dinner

Pioneering Today

Melissa K Norris

Cookingfromscratch, Oldfashionedliving, Selfsufficiency, Home & Garden, Gardening, Heirloomseeds, Homesteading, Growyourownfood, Education, Survival, Pioneeringtoday, Leisure, How To

4.9931 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

My family is five weeks into owning our own dairy cow and I’m so excited to have Kate from Venison for Dinner on the podcast today. We’re chatting all things dairy cows from the best way to feed them, the various breeds and their milk quality, milking tips, and more! You’ll especially want to check out Kate’s heavy cream drop biscuit recipe! For all of the show notes and links, visit https://melissaknorris.com/344.

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0:00.0

If you want to learn how to use herbs medicinally and not only medicinally but also grow them,

0:06.4

I can think of little else that gets me excited as knowing I can literally grow our medicine right outside our back door, then you, my friend, are going to want to make

0:16.2

sure that you are registered and signed up for our herbal summer series. This is completely free, though you definitely could charge for it because it is

0:28.2

packed with information. Once you sign up starting in August, every week you are going to get an email from me going over my top 10 favorite herbs.

0:40.0

Each week we are going to pick one of those herbs and do a deep dive on how to grow that herb,

0:47.8

but more importantly, how to use it, including safety, and if you should use it or not if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.

0:56.9

We go through all of the cautions, the medicinal properties, and its uses.

1:02.1

So when you get done done you will have in your pocket and hopefully by

1:06.2

that point in your medicine cabinet my favorite top 10 herbs to always have at the ready. Go to Melissa K Norris.com forward slash

1:18.2

summer herb and make sure that you get registered. Summer school is in session and it has never been better.

1:25.4

Welcome to episode number 344. On today's podcast we are going to be talking about dairy self-sufficiency as well as

1:38.1

how different breeds of dairy cows affect your cheese making and what you will want to be looking for

1:47.6

if you are looking at one purchasing a dairy animal and making cheese which we highly

1:52.0

recommend but secondly even if you animal and making cheese which we highly recommend.

1:53.0

But secondly, even if you are purchasing milk from someone else

1:58.0

in order to make cheese so that you can get a higher yield from the milk for your cheese making efforts.

2:06.7

If you have been listening to any previous episodes, then you probably caught that we are newer owners to having a dairy cow.

2:16.6

We are about five weeks in to our dairy cow ownership at the time of this recording and I already had Kate who is our guest today

2:26.0

Kate from venison for dinner and I have been following Kate on Instagram for

2:32.2

quite a while and we have messaged back and forth and she was actually

2:37.3

scheduled to come on the podcast way before we even realized that we would be having a dairy cow by the time we got to be doing this interview.

2:46.5

So I am really excited to introduce you to Kate. She is very fun, has a wicked sense of humor, and posts some really fun things on

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