But, the milk money has a longer trail to go besides just to the school. We are going to learn about money and milk as it travels from the farm to the store where you and the school can buy it. We will follow the trail of milk, an agricultural product, through production, processing, distribution, and consumption. We need several of you to become the people who bring us milk. Give each of them a name tag to identify the role they are playing.
Dairy farmers raise cows for milk.
The dairy farmers take good care of their cows to keep them healthy. Twice a day the dairy farmer milks the cows. The milk goes into a sterile, refrigerated tank in the dairy barn and is held there until a tanker truck comes to load it up. The tanker truck is refrigerated and keeps the milk cold. The tanker truck hauls the milk to a processor.