Bus tour of one of Fair Oaks’ ten (10) 3000-cow dairy barns
one of 10 hi-production rotary milking parlors
cows on rotary milking parlor
Commodities area (feed). Clean as a whistle—more like an industrial site and then a farm
The Disneyland of dairy farms—tour includes access to museum, exhibits, film, birthing barn, farmers market, cheese plant and restaurant and amusement park. A bargain for 10 bucks! A tourist destination with their own gas station, gift shop and convenience store
Organic barn—all cows inside—mowed grass next to barn
Organic barn with liquid manure system
Organic cows—not grazing
Organic grass—no cows
Organic heifers “on pasture”—being fed from feed wagon
Organic manure lagoon—unlike conventional barns no composting system
