In about 3 weeks we are going to stop milking at our dairy farm. That is about 2 months earlier than we normally stop for winter time drying off. Our embattled dairy farm manager, who was finally getting back on her feet after all of her health problems the last couple of years, has just discovered a new major health problem. This one is unrelated to the previous ones but is just as serious and requires surgery and recovery.
As a one woman dynamo, when she’s down, we are down. We’ll milk right up to the surgery date and it will be a bit fluid on when that date is depending on when she gets scheduled. I’ll post again when we have a final stop date confirmed but right now we expect within a few weeks she will be out of commission and milking will stop, meaning no more raw milk in the store for the remainder of the year.
So thats the bad news. If you are upset, remember this is a person we are talking about. A good person whom we love. Her health comes first, and if we work her to death (an actual possibility with what is going on) then we’ll never have milk again so safety first.
The good news is, we have six lamb at the processor being picked up today, along with the beef from the latest cow so lots of restocking happening today. We also have more lamb coming over the next couple of months so we should have good lamb availability for at least a few months. I know it is hit and miss on lamb. Our two farmers who raise it for us do it on the side and production is a bit up (sometimes like now) and down (the rest of the year).