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Dairy farm

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

nounCore term

In agriculture, dairy farm means: A farm that keeps cows, or sometimes goats, sheep or buffalo, mainly to produce milk for sale.

In Turkish: süt sığırcılığı işletmesi, süt çiftliği

How it is used

People talk about dairy farms, dairy farmers, dairy cows and the dairy sector. A dairy farm has a milking parlor, a cooling tank and often its own forage crops. 'A dairy' can also mean a milk processing plant.

Example sentences

  1. The dairy farm milks 250 cows twice a day.

  2. Many small dairy farms closed when feed prices rose.

Common collocations

  • dairy farm
  • dairy farmer
  • dairy cows
  • dairy herd
  • dairy sector
  • cattleCows, bulls, steers and calves considered as a group and kept for milk, meat or work.
  • milk yieldThe amount of milk an animal or herd produces, usually measured in liters or kilograms per day or per lactation.
  • herdA group of animals of one kind, especially cattle, goats or buffalo, that live, feed and are managed together.
  • calvingThe act of a cow giving birth to a calf; also the period of the year when the cows in a herd give birth.
  • silageGreen fodder such as maize or grass that is chopped, packed tightly and stored without air, so that it ferments and keeps as feed for months.

More terms: Livestock

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