HOW DO I TRANSPORT AND STORE MY MILK?

Milk will be supplied to you below 6 degreese C. It is essential for you to transport your milk to the fridge as quickly as possible, if you foresee a delay we suggest using a cool bag.

Keep your milk in the fridge between 2 degrees - 5 degrees C. and minimise time out of fridge. Suggest decanting larger volumes into smaller bottles to prevent leaving out of fridge.

DO YOU SELL MILK CONTAINERS IN THE FARMSHOP?

Yes:

1 Litre containers - cost 15p (at cost) -

2 Litre containers - cost 30p (at cost)

8 Pint containers - cost £1.05 (at cost)

25 Litre containers - cost £7.50 refundable deposit or keep

CAN I USE MY OWN CONTAINER?

Yes for ‘Raw’ Milk

For Pasteurized milk - Sorry no.

Pasteurized milk is available in new 2L containers provided by the farm. - This is due to available resources at the farm, and complying with FSA advice.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) recommend the public do not re-use containers for milk as they believe this to be a risk if not thoroughly cleaned. The FSAs recommendation is to buy a new can each time.

We keep the cost of new containers to a minimum to enable our customers to purchase our milk in a new container each time and continue to provide a high-quality product at a very reasonable price.

We recognize that many customers may wish to use their own containers for a variety of reasons and support this choice for the ‘raw’ milk.

We will fill any container that you bring for the ‘raw’ milk, if it is thoroughly clean, its volume is known and that it can be easily filled - narrow necked bottles are not suitable.

We do not provide a container cleaning service- if the container is not clean it will be respectfully declined.

PLEASE NOTE - Purchase of container means that the container is then owned by you. If you choose to re-use that container you will save the cost of purchasing a new one each time. The re-using of this container is your choice we do not exchange new for used,and as previously mentioned that container will only be re-filled if thoroughly clean.

WHAT IS YOUR COVID-19 POLICY?

"We are making every effort to make sure your trip to our farm is as safe and pleasant as possible”. We will continue comply with current national guidance.

CAN WE EXPLORE THE FARM WHEN WE VISIT THE SHOP?

SORRY NO.

All public visiting the farm shop will not be permitted to explore the farm.

This is a working dairy farm and to keep the animals and the public safe no access to the farm buildings or fields are permitted.

There is clear signage where the public are not permitted to access and we ask that all farm shop visitors adhere to all safety notices and do not attempt to venture into restricted or private areas.

We are running the farm shop to enable us to sell our milk to keep the farm business viable, it is a shop and does not have a cafe or other recreational facilities.

Adjacent to the farm shop you will be able to see our lovely cows unless they are busy in the fields grazing.

DO you use Bovaer? - (the feed additive currently being trialed in some UK farms to attempt to reduce cattle methane production)

No.

We have never used this additive. We have no intention of using this in the future.

We are happy to discuss this issue with customers when they visit.

IS YOUR MILK A2

Our milk is produced from our Pedigree Ayrshire herd. Due to the smaller gene pool of Pedigree Ayrshire bulls we have chosen not to concentrate our breeding programme on whether the bull is A1 or A2. Therefore our cows are not tested to ascertain this.

However Ayrshire milk is known for excellent digestive properties. The raw milk is especially well tolerated, with many of our customers reporting that they are now enjoying milk from our farm without any gastrointestinal symptoms when they have previously been unable to consume milk.