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The Story of Milk

This resources tells the Story of Milk via a series of videos that bring the farmyard into your classroom; up close and personal but without the muck and without the smells!
Videos show:
An introduction to the Story of Milk
Billy Bull – what part does a bull play in milk production
Cow Calving – real footage of a calf being born
Preserving Grass – how farmers harvest grass and preserve it to feed their cows in winter
Milking Cows – see cows entering a milking parlour and getting milked.
Processing Milk – see how some the 6 million cartons of milk drunk each day are bottled and how cream is made for your strawberries!
Other jobs of a stock person – not just and early start milking, there's lots of other jobs to do every day
Milk Products

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