dairy country

Cow farming territory

Dairy country is a region where dairy farming predominates—land devoted to raising cattle for milk production.

The term evokes rolling pastures, grazing cows, and rural agricultural character: We drove through dairy country in Wisconsin, The hills of Vermont are classic dairy country.

Related

green pastures · milk · fresh milk · cheese · cheese wheel · butter · farmland · rolling hills · barns · cream · grassland · rural · family farm · bucolic · udders · milk pail · pastures · open fields

Opposites
agricultural land use

dairy countrycropland

Land for growing produce

grain belt · vineyard region · cattle country · rice paddies

landscape fertility and productivity

dairy countrydesert

To leave behind completely

wasteland · badlands · scrubland · tundra · arid land

urbanization

dairy countryurban sprawl

Uncontrolled peripheral development

metropolitan area · industrial zone · city center · concrete jungle · downtown

Family

dairy, country, dairies, dairying, dairymaid, dairywoman, dairyman, countries, countryside

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G