Gear I Recommend
These are the tools and supplies we actually use on our farm, sorted by job. Pick a category to see what I use and where I buy it.
Gear by Category
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Milking Supplies
This is the gear I actually use to milk our family cow, from the walk out to the pasture to putting milk in the fridge. Where I could, I linked to Amazon. A few things come from smaller suppliers I trust.
Getting Out to the Pasture
If you're using a cart, I'd suggest a Gorilla cart.
Everything below rides out to the pasture in one crate.
In the Milk Crate
I use two 2-gallon stainless steel pails. Seamless, thick 304 stainless and made in the USA.
I pour each pail into this. It also comes in a 10 quart (2.5 gallon) size.
One Nalgene is filled with this. I buy it by the 5 gallons from Azure Standard.
Minerals
Their Organic Free Choice Mineral Kits are linked too.
Processing the Milk
Made in the USA. Filters straight into glass jars.
For the strainer. Made in the USA.
These are my standard milk jars right now.
I love the Buttermeister.
My Milk Sled
We milk out on pasture in a sled we built. Here are the dimensions if you want to build your own.
| Width (center of pole to center of pole) | 7' 3" |
| Skid length | 16' |
| Headgate opening when closed | 7" |
| Roof width (outer edge to outer edge) | 11' 8" |
| Roof length (outer edge to outer edge) | 16' |
