dairying

Cow farm business

Dairying is the business or practice of producing milk and milk products—butter, cheese, yogurt, cream.

The term covers both the farming side (raising and milking cows, goats, or other animals) and the processing side: Her family has been in dairying for three generations.

Dairying regions are areas where this industry predominates.

production

milk

Mammalian nursing fluid

yogurt · processing · pasteurization · homogenization · churn · separator · vat · curds · whey · fermentation

farming

cattle

Domesticated bovines kept commercially

  • herdGrazing animals together
  • pastureGrazing ground for livestock
  • barnAgricultural storage structure

cows · livestock · grazing · fodder · silage · calving · breeding · Holstein · Jersey · Guernsey

regional

alpine

Of high elevations

Vermont · New Zealand · Irish · Danish · Normandy · Emmental · cheddar · feta · paneer · ghee

industry

cooperative

Jointly operated enterprise

export · market · pricing · regulation · inspection · standards · certification · organic · trade · wholesale

Opposites
agricultural sector

dairyingcrop farming

Growing plants for harvest

crop cultivation · grain farming · horticulture · viticulture · cereal production

protein source production

dairyingmeat production

Raising and processing livestock

poultry farming · pig farming · cattle ranching · sheep farming · egg production

Family

dairy, milking, creamery, dairies, dairyman, dairy farm, dairymen, dairymaid, cheesemaking

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Top 500,000
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