Microfiber’s versatility extends past your home and office to your local dairy farm. Microfiber cloths are a great help with daily milking and udder hygiene. They can be used up to 400 times between washings, which make it a great cost-effective alternative to disposable cloth.
Dairy farming provides us with milk and milk products like cheese and yoghurt. They range from family-owned businesses to conglomerates with thousands of cows. Each cow is capable of producing up to eight gallons of milk daily, enough for 100 people to have a glass every day. For cows to produce that amount of milk, they consume around 24 gallons of water and eat about a hundred pounds of hay, silage and grain. The enormous amount of food needed means most dairy farmers grow their own food for farm feed. Some farms have in-house bakeries as well that make use of the fresh milk to create delicious baked goods.
Dairy farms are an important part of society because they provide us with the milk we have with our breakfast each morning, as well as other dairy products that we consume everyday. People have been drinking cow milk since we discovered that it gives us necessary nutrients like calcium, protein and vitamin C. That, and it’s really good with Frosted Flakes.
Cow milk is the nutritious milk that she feeds to her young, so she must have a calf every year to ensure that the supply lasts. An average cow will produce milk for 6 years of its life. This milk comes from udders that serve as the cow’s mammary glands.
Milk by products like whey or lactose are used as food additives. Most cows from dairy farms are also serve a source of beef and veal which is part of many people’s daily diets.
How can a dairy farm benefit from using microfiber?
In order to ensure that the milk is untainted and safe to drink, the udders that the milk comes from must be sterile and clean. Each cow has four teats that produce milk. Microfiber cloth removes 99.9 percent of bacteria from any surface. It helps keep the udder and teats from contracting infections that could reduce cow productivity and harm the cow. Worse yet, infections could seep into the milk, causing health problems for the milk drinker. Disposable hygiene towels create more waste and cannot be reused. Using microfiber prevents contagious bacteria from spreading. Best of all, they can be washed and reused, saving the dairy farmer from unnecessary expenses that could be used in other areas. You can use them with your udder cleaner and ensure the health of your cows and untainted, drinkable milk.
Most cows eat in pastures and then are put back in their stalls later in the day for milking. This is usually done in months with good weather. Cows need to be milked twice a day, every day. There are many places that still milk their cows the old fashioned way, by hand. Modern techniques have improved milking to a point where machines attached to the cow udders are used for milking. Dairy farms are centered around milking and microfiber can be used to wipe spilled milk or any milk that may leak out into the milking machines and damage them. No matter what technique is used, microfiber will absorb leaks and spills instantly.
Our 16 x 16 and 14 x 14 GSM terry towels are the perfect size for use around the farm. We also cater to bulk orders of 500 or more cloths. Go ahead and place your order now. Your cows and your farm will thank you for it.
