Idaho DairiesJune 6, 2007. We are staying at High Adventure River Tours RV-Park/Store & Dutch Oven Cafe located on the southeast corner of exit 147 near Hagerman, Idaho. It is a nice RV-Park with shade and long pull through sites. PPA with tax ran $16.20 for FHU. For those of you that are not familiar with PPA (Pass Port America) it is an organization you can join for less than $50 per-year. Campgrounds that belong to PPA offer 1/2 price discounts. That kind of savings can quickly add up. While participating PPA parks generally have some restrictions on dates the PPA offer is valid, or possibly days of the week the discount is valid, or perhaps the number of days that the PPA discount will be honored the discount is genuine. Many times PPA campgrounds are new campgrounds that need help in getting established. Other times PPA campgrounds may be on the outskirts of town instead of in the "prime" location thus they need to provide an incentive for campers to stay with them. Whatever the reason PPA campgrounds generally provide a much cheaper option. PPA is the only campground organization that I think is worth the cost. PPA does not have a gimmick. What you see is what you get. Once you join they send you a directory listing all participating campgrounds. The PPA directory is the FIRST directory we check when trying to locate a place to spend the night. You can join PPA by calling 228-452-9972. If you decide to join PPA, it would be nice if you gave them my number "R-0156251" as the PPA member that told you about PPA. In return PPA will give me a years membership free. I will thank you in advance for that kindness. Thank you.
Since being in Idaho and following the Snake River west we have been amazed at the number of dairies. Dairies are as thick as flees on a dog in this area, and I am not talking about small operations. These are large dairies and dairy products are big business in Idaho. Idaho Dairy
There are over 200,000 dairy cows in this area of Idaho alone.
The dairy industry is the number on agricultural industry in Idaho
The dairy industry is the number one agricultural industry in Idaho, and is approaching being 3-times greater than potatoes in raw product sales. I have to wonder why Idaho dairies are not better known.
Large pooper scoopers on this Idaho dairy near Buhl, Idaho
Large Idaho dairy operations require large equipment. These large machines are used to clean manure out of the cows living space. Of course this is done while the cows are in the milking area twice or is it 3-times a day. These are what I would term giant pooper scoopers. VBG
Idaho dairy processing facility
In addition to milk, cheese has also become an important finished product. There are cheese and whey protein processing facilities in Gooding, Richfield, Jerome and Twin Falls producing millions of pounds of several varieties of cheeses annually.
This milking barn is on a large Idaho dairy south of Buhl.
Idaho dairy production ranks 4th as largest in the U.S..
Idaho is the 2nd largest milk producing state in the 12-western U.S. States and ranks 4th in the total U.S.. Idaho has passed Pennsylvania and is now the 4th largest milk producing state and is third in the production of cheese.
Idaho dairy poop spreaders
When you have this many dairy cows you have a LOT of poop. Thus you need large poop spreaders. Are these large enough?
Idaho Dairy hay storage
If you are going to feed large quantities of cows you need large equipment to move the food. Is this large enough for you?
As of November, 2006 Idaho had 686 dairy farm operations with 477,470 cows (with over 200,000 of those cows in the Snake River Valley area).
Idaho dairy silage storage for large operation
We realize it takes a lot of feed to keep a large dairy operating but we get blown away at the size of these food supplies. Idaho is 3rd in the nation in production of cheese behind California and Wisconsin.
Idaho Dairy hay supply
Idaho Dairy hay supply
Livestock cash receipts run around $2.5 billion.
Idaho dairy operation
Approximately 40.1 million gallons of Idaho dairy milk is processed into fluid milk for drinking.
Idaho Dairy hay storage
Idaho dairy milking barn
Idaho dairy milking barn.
Idaho dairy operation
When you are in the dairy business you have to deal with a lot of calves. This is where small calves are kept until they stop sucking everything in sight.
Idaho dairy calf area
Large dairies mean dealing with a lot of calves. I would suspect most of these are female calves. It would be my guess that male calves are sold as soon as possible since dairies aren't in the business of dealing with male cattle.
Idaho dairy calves
Once calves have stopped sucking every thing in sight they can be moved to facilities like this where they are eating solid food. Idaho agricultural equipment
Hay is in demand and the area farmers produce a lot of it. Most of these farmers do not mess around with small bales they produce these large bales that take a large tractor with fork lift tongs to pick them up.
Idaho dairy industry needs large hay operations
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