Dairy Farming

A cow’s health is of utmost importance to dairy farmers. Dairy farmers know that healthy, comfortable, and well-treated animals produce high-quality, wholesome dairy foods for people around the world.

Arkansas' dairy farmers provide more than milk. They bring jobs and economic activity to communities across the state. Arkansas dairies contribute to the local economy by supporting local businesses and the community tax base.

Dairy farmers across the United States follow industry accepted best management practices to ensure that their dairy cows are healthy and well cared for, that the environment on and around their farms is protected, and that the milk they produce is safe and of high quality. While many factors affect the milk cows produce, here are the most critical steps for producing high-quality, wholesome and safe milk, starting at the source—the cow—and ending at the consumer’s table.

Farm to Food to You Tear pads offers fun and games through colorful imagery showing cow care and giving dairy nutrition messages. Recommend for children grades 3-6.

A fun coloring page to help you learn about dairy farmers, dairy foods, and dairy farming.

The “From Farm to Food to You” poster is perfect to help you relate the store of the dairy process to tour groups or classrooms. The (12x11) poster is an easy teaching tool for all ages learning about dairy farming.

Meet Amanda, a 12 yr old blogger that tells the story of milk with the help of the Johnsons from the Midwest. This 4 minute video gives youth a great view of what dairy farming today involves.

Join Steve Strickler, a 3rd-generation dairy farmer in Iola, Kansas, as he takes you on a tour of his dairy farm, showing how dairy farm families work every day to provide fresh, wholesome and nutritious milk for all to enjoy. Representing Midwest Dairy Council, along with the Kansas City Chiefs, dairy farmers are proud to provide the Fuel Up to Play 60 program to you.

We rise early, and work hard. We are devoted to our animals whose care has been entrusted to us.