4:30 am: a morning on the farm
What happens between the first cow being milked and the bottle arriving at your door before seven.
A cow turns what she eats into what you drink, so we pay more attention to fodder than to almost anything else.
Green fodder
We grow napier grass, maize and lucerne on the land around the sheds. It is cut fresh every morning.
Dry fodder
Jowar and wheat straw balance the greens and keep digestion steady, especially in the monsoon.
Concentrate
A measured mix of grains, oil cake and minerals, adjusted for each animal by our vet.
What we leave out
No growth hormones, and antibiotics only when an animal is ill, in which case her milk is kept out of supply until she is clear.
