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Whenever I talk to anybody about drinking whey, they look at me like I’m crazy,” says Sam Alcaine, assistant professor of dairy fermentation at Cornell University.

Encompassing around 1,000 acres, the Carter-Stevens Dairy Farm has been milking cows twice a day since 1938. Records show, prior to the 1938 purchase, the Allen family had farmed the land in Barre, Massachusetts, since 1749.

“It is slightly sweet when you first smell it. When you take a first sip, it has the heat you would expect in the vodka, but that heat quickly settles down and leaves you a sweet, almost caramel aftertaste,” says Omid McDonald, founder of Dairy Distillery.

After 25 years in business, Ag Oasis of Liberal, Kansas, has learned a lot about how to do things right. Part of that has been teaching – and learning from – summer interns as well as their full-time employees.

Animal health is not left to chance at Dutch Dairy in Thorp, Wisconsin. With the help of technology, accurate and actionable information aids Sander and Amy Penterman in efficient management.

For eight months of the year, Cozy Nook Farm is a peaceful neighborhood farm. The Oberhaus family milks 75 Brown Swiss and Jersey cows, farms 225 acres and generally enjoys life in the small town of Waukesha, Wisconsin.