Cows that receive proper care produce wholesome, healthy milk. The dairy farmer keeps the cows healthy by making sure they have plenty of green grass and hay to eat. Every morning and evening the farmer milks the cows. Some farmers milk their cows by hand. Others use milking machines.

The farmer will sell the cows’ milk to a milk processing plant. After the farmer milks the cow, he cools it and stores it in a stainless steel tank. The milk stays in the tank until it is time for it to go to the milk processing plant. When it is time to take the milk to the processing plant, a stainless steel tank truck comes to the farm and pumps the milk from the cooling tank. The truck’s tank keeps the milk cool during the trip to the processing plant.

When the milk arrives at the processing plant, workers take it and make it into many delicious, healthy things to eat. Some of the milk goes into the cartons your parents buy at the store. The rest is made into things like butter, cheese, ice cream and cottage cheese.