W. Alton Jones Dairy at College of the Ozarks

June is National Dairy Month. Swing by Nettie Marie`s Creamery and treat yourself to a tasty treat. The creamery’s homemade ice cream is made with milk from our dairy. Did you know? It takes 12 pounds of whole milk to make one gallon of ice cream.... #cofodairy #thekeetercenter #farmtotable #nationaldairymonth

Tonight, at the Missouri Heifer Tag Sale, we have consigned a Holstein fall heifer. C-OF-O MOGUL ELIZABETH is one of the easiest calves we have ever broke to lead. The Mogul and Diamondback daughters are making some of the best cows in our herd. Bidding starts at 8:30pm. Video Link: Lot 10: https://vimeo.com/556059437... #cofodairy #cofoholsteins #missouriholstein

Congratulations to our recent graduates!!! We appreciate your friendship and all of the hard work you contributed during your time working at the dairy. You will be greatly missed. #cofodairy #cofoagdept #cofograduation2020 #cofograduation2021 Pictured 2020:... Beau Cartwright, Ag. Business & Animal Science Kaedyn Palmer, Ag. Business & Animal Science (Not Pictured): Dylan Blankenship, Animal Science Cassidy Williams, Agronomy Pictured 2021: Mark Blakey, Ag. Business Rebekah Powers, Ag. Development Chayla Hoffman, Accounting & Ag. Business Jacob Patterson, Ag. Business & Animal Science (Not Pictured): Marley Stoops, Animal Science

In April, the students have learned a lot about the registered dairy business. By attending the Oklahoma State sale, students gained knowledge about the inner workings of a registered sale. Another opportunity the students have had this semester was expanding their knowledge on clipping and show preparation. The students also helped with Delilah's professional picture that will be used in catalogs to sell her offspring in the future. Stay tuned for the finished product! #cofodairy #pictureday

Chopping silage was a success!!! The students had the opportunity to learn about silage production this week. They got to see the differences in no-tilling wheat and interseeding cereal rye into orchard grass. Thanks to all the people who made this happen. #cofodairy #cofoagronomy #cofoagdept

It's award season! At the Missouri State Holstein Convention, we took home the Reserve All-Missouri titles for the Junior 3-year-old and Senior 3-year-old. In the 3-year Futurity class, we received Champion (C-OF-O Defiant Sunny), 3rd Place ( C-OF-O Beemer Ashanti-ET), and 1st place Production (C-OF-O Mogul Delilah Jeff).... We appreciate the opportunity to showcase our impressive herd and the hard work of our students. Great job! #missouristateholsteinconvention #cofodairy #hardworku See more

On Thursday, the U.S. Holstein Association was on campus to classify our Holstein cows. The students were able to learn from the Holstein classifier how to give an official score by judging the cow's conformation trait by trait. See how we did below: EX-92 Hero ... EX-91 2E Atwood EX-91 Mayfield EX-91 Mogul EX-90 Beemer EX-90 Mogul VG-88 Million VG-88 Shot VG-88 Mayfield VG-87 Defiant VG-87 Gold Chip VG-87 Diamondback VG-87 Beemer VG-87 Solomon VG-86 Fever VG-86 Kingboy VG-86 Beemer VG-86 Gambler VG-86 Diamondback VG-85 Corvette VG-85 Bradnick VG-85 Airlift VG-85 Atwood-2yr VG-85 Kingboy-2yr Pictured is our newest Excellent cow, C-OF-O MOGUL FRANNIE-ANNIE, with a score of EX-91 EX-MS. This makes our new BAA score 108.2.

Don't forget to be the last one to bid on our Warrior-Red heifer at the Oklahoma State Sale. The Warrior-Red daughters are the highlight of the breeding program. This is our first offering from this elite cow family. Sale starts at noon on Thursday, September 24. #cofodairy #hardworku

Corn silage was a success! Now the agronomy crew is working hard planting wheat for silage. Cereal rye and annual rye grass are also being planted for grazing. #cofoagronomy #hardworku

Fall calving season is under way! Pictured is Ashley our EX-91 Atwood with her Artist heifer calf. #cofodairy #hardworku