Any cow people in Oregon? Anyone sell raw milk? or selling Jerseys?

[cjb]

We're looking at one Jersey but someone has first dibs, if they want her.

Looking for a milking jersey or other high-butter content milker. Looking for milk in the meantime.

Anyone out my way?

[JulieLou42]

For raw milk, try searching on realmilk.com, where the site lists by state those who found and posted availibility there.

[cjb]

Thanks Julie. We did and found a resource but the milk is $10 a gallon!!!!

[dezeeuwgoats]

Raw milk, especially off farm is usually higher priced than store-bought milk.

Here, where it is illegal to sell, the black market pushes the price up. Still, at the store - pasteurized goat's milk sells for $14 a gallon (at Wal-mart!), but you can only buy it by the quart. So - black market, raw goat's or cow's milk still sells for LESS than the store, at $10 a gallon. Not that I sell it - because I don't and I won't! Strictly home-use here.

Raw, organic cow's milk sells at the store for around $8 or $9 a gallon. Regular milk ranges, depending on sales, but averages around $2-$3 a gallon.

niki

[Oregon Julie]

What part of Oregon are you in?

We have a organic Jersey dairy in Carlton, OR that we have purchased two cows from in the past. They had lost a quarter due to mastitis and because of the organic status they are limited in how they can treat. These cows still produce a bunch of milk, just not enough to be viable for a commercial dairy. This dairy farmer would rather sell the girls to a person wanting to raise calves or have a family cow then to send them to slaughter. Send me a PM and I can dig up his phone number. He may have something to sell or at least put you on a list of someone to call if he does in the near future. We love our two girls, sweet and gentle and wonderful to raise drop calves on.

[cjb]

Julie, is it something like "Bansen" or some such? If so, they bred the heifer we're thinking about getting... although I got some very, very negative input on her dam

[Oregon Julie]

Originally Posted by cjb

Julie, is it something like "Bansen" or some such? If so, they bred the heifer we're thinking about getting... although I got some very, very negative input on her dam

It is a Bansen, but there are multiples involved in the dairy business with that name, all the same family as far as I know. We have a brother of the fellow that we dealt with who is located about 5 miles away. May have to go visit him sometime and see what he has. They two of them are involved in the Organic Valley co-op.