Category: Dairy Industry
Dairy Fun Fact
Did you know there are more than 330 methane digesters in the United States? These digesters turn cow poop into electricity that powers their local communities! With Earth Day happening this month, this is the perfect time to share this fun fact with your students and explain how dairy farmers protect the environment
Dairy Fun Fact
Dairy farmers use a lot of innovative technology to help make their farms more efficient, productive and profitable. Robotic milking technology is one example of that. One robotic milker can actually milk 60-70 cows each day. Larger robotic dairy farms have multiple robots working around the clock to keep cows happy and milked. Share this…
How Water Is Recycled on Dairy Farms: Celebrate World Water Day
World Water Day is happening on March 22! This is a great time to plan lessons and activities focused on the environment and this important resource. Plant- and animal-based foods, including dairy, require water to grow and create the delicious, nutritious foods that sustain us. Water is a vital resource on dairy farms for the…
Irish Dairy Facts to Share for St. Patrick’s Day
If you’re celebrating St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, try sharing some of these Irish “Dairy Fun Facts” with your students. Did you know Ireland has 1.5 million cows? The dairy industry is very strong and important to their heritage, just like it is in the United States. Click here to view more Irish dairy…
Dairy Fun Fact: Milk Is 87% Water
Did you know milk is 87 percent water? This is a relevant statistic to share with your students as you celebrate National Water Day and Nutrition Month using this week’s Sunday Funday activities! With milk being filled with so much water, that’s why cows drink a lot of water on a daily basis. They actually…
New Animal Health Lessons Now Available
Dairy farming is a way of life for more than 40,000 farm families in the United States. To help you introduce the career field of dairy farming to your students, along with how farmers keep their cows healthy and comfortable, Discover Dairy just published new Animal Health Lessons for three grade levels. Log in to your Discover…
First-Grade Teacher Builds Community Connections and Strong Citizens with Adopt a Cow Program
March 29, 2023First-Grade Teacher Builds Community Connections and Strong Citizens with Adopt a Cow Program
Anna Breitbach, a first-grade teacher in South Florida, is in her first year of teaching at a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) school. To bring some excitement to her classroom and help students build connections with their community, she signed up for Discover Dairy’s Adopt a Cow program after finding a video from another…
Help Us Name Our Cow Mascot – Vote Now
The Discover Dairy team is working on a fun project where we’re developing a cow mascot, and we need your help! You and your students can help us come up with the perfect name for the mascot. Thanks to the name suggestions you submitted on social media, we have narrowed it down to 10 potential…
Grants Available to Fund Field Trips to Local Dairy Farms
Any Classroom Enrolled in the Discover Dairy Program Can Apply for a Farm Field Trip Grant Teachers who have classrooms that are enrolled in the Discover Dairy program are eligible to apply for one of 80 grants available to fund a field trip to a local dairy farm. Funds from the grant can assist in…
Second-Graders Connect with Dairy Farming Through Adopt a Cow Program
Second graders at Jackson Elementary in Eastern Lebanon County School District are getting an inside look at dairy farming this school year through Discover Dairy’s “Adopt a Cow” program. With agriculture being such a big part of the community in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Becky Kleinfelter decided to sign up for the year-long interactive learning series. “We…