Hoosier Dairy Farms to Host Public Tours
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowNearly a dozen dairy farms will host a series of farm tours this month as part of the Northern Indiana Dairy Trail. The tours are free and aim to give families an up-close look at modern dairy farming practices.
The Northern Indiana Dairy Trail, which is co-sponsored by Purdue Extension, will be held June 18 and 25 from noon until 5:00 p.m. each day. Five to six dairy farms will be open each day.
The participating farms are located in Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble and St. Joseph counties. Together, the farms contain 28 percent of all dairy cows in the state.
"Each of these outstanding farms does something a little different in how they produce milk," said Kelly Heckaman, Kosciusko County Extension director. "Each has a different herd size. Some have robots, some have automatic calf feeders, one is organic, one has a digester and one is Amish. We wanted a representative cross section of the dairy industry in northern Indiana."
You can find more information on the Northern Indiana Dairy Trail and see the list of participating farms by clicking here.