Do organic dairy companies impregnate the cows to produce milk?
Any warmblooded animal usually does not produce milk unless it has first produced offspring for which it produces milk from it’s udder. Any cow or goat milks for a period of time after it gives birth to it’s baby. We give some of the milk to the baby and keep the rest of it for ourselves. This is workable because modern ruminants are bred to produce more milk than their babies need. After a period of time that fluctuates from animal to animal, the milk production will eventually decrease to little or nothing. To keep the supply going, it is necessary to have the animal get pregnant and produce another baby. This requires either a mating between a male and female or introduction of semen which is referred to as artificial insemination. A few months or weeks before the baby is expected the animal will be let to quit producing milk so it can rest and get ready with colostrum for the baby. The milk flow will be reestablished after birth and the animal will be referred to as being back in p
