Dairy setup?
Y'all I have been pasteurizing my own milk for quite some time, but I've never gone past a few gallons a week, my neighbor who is a dairy farmer is going out of business and I would love to purchase one of his cows before he sells them all. That said, I am looking buying some equipment to milk and store roughly 46 gallons of milk a week. I would pasteurize it and further process it into other consumables. So, what equipment would you all recommend, I farm for a living but I have no experience on the equipment side of milking and my neighbor will help but I want to see if other folks have done this already and their setups!
- What milker would you recommend (I aint got the time to do it by hand!!)
- Storage?
- Batch processor?
- Possibly selling excess?
- Simple, affordable setup for milking? (I can use a headgate and chute system I reckon, but is there a better method?)
Thanks in advance!!!
Posted May 24, 2026, 2:42 AM UTC
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