Creamy Indulgence: Experience the Magic of Spring Butter The Small Dairy Podcast

WEBSITE: Prairies Edge Organic Dairy
In our latest farm update, the cows have been enjoying the fresh spring grass since May 11, resulting in fantastic cream for making butter. However, due to Minnesota regulations, we can't sell butter directly. Instead, we suggest buying their cream and making your own butter at home.
The update also includes information about Holly, a cow with an infected hoof. The vet treated her and the infection is gradually improving with the use of iodine, sugar, and homeopathic remedies. Holly is healing well, although she still limps. Emma, another cow, is carrying a calf and due soon. We will be posting updates on our Facebook page about calving signs and what to look for.
We are selling half a hog and have feeder pigs available for those interested in raising their own pork. We work with a local butcher for processing. Our farm is awaiting the finalization of contracts for herd shares. Thistle and Shasta calves are doing well. Shasta's bull calf will be up for sale and can be steered and have its horns removed upon request.
The focus currently is on butter production, and were happy to supply raw milk and cream to interested customers. It's not hard to make butter and we're more than happy to help you with the process. Overall, while things are quiet now, the farm anticipates more activity in the coming weeks with calving and other farm endeavors.
TranscriptIntroWelcome to the Prairies Edge Farm website and podcast. You can find us online at PrairiesEdgeFarm.com and on social media at facebook.com/prairiesedgedairy. If you are in the Wilmer, Minnesota area and would like to try some certified organic, whole raw milk, farm fresh cream, or skim milk, be sure to check out our website's contact page for contact information. We we also sell grass fed, grass, finished highland beef, and soy free pork. Here is Carol's latest update.
CarolHello. And this is our latest farm update. And this is for the third week of May 2023. Not a whole lot is going on out here right now. The cows went out on pasture on May 11, and so they've been out there for what, 1012 days, something like that. And we are now seeing the results of that fresh spring grass that the girls are on. We have some fantastic looking cream that is making some marvelous butter. I don't know if you're following our Facebook page or Instagram, but we have been posting some pictures of the butter that we have been making. It it is just a beautiful, beautiful golden color. I do have people inquiring about butter, and we cannot sell butter out here. Minnesota does not allow that as an off or an on the farm sale. So my suggestion is that you contact me if you want some of this luscious butter, contact me and you get yourself some cream, cream I can sell you. It's not a problem. And you can go to your own kitchen and make your own butter. And if you need help or you want me to teach you how to do it, it's very simple and I can certainly walk you through that. Other things that are going on. So an update on Holly. Last time I talked, I believe I told you that we had a vet out here to check her Hoof, and she did remove some tissue and clean that all up for us and made it so that her hoof would drain because she has some infection in there. And the vet asked us to pack it with sugar. And that's what we've been doing. I've been treating it with iodine and sugar, and then I have been using a couple of different homeopathic treatments on her, along with soaking her foot once a day in Epson salt with some essential oils in it. She is healing well. She's still limping, but her hoof is filling in. And I have been taking pictures at least every couple of days of what exactly is...