Today I visited a commercial goat dairy and gave them an electric fence prototype. They seemed to like the idea, though they don’t often take their goats out to pasture. They also were kind enough to answer all my questions about the small dairy regulations which I appreciated greatly. I bought some milk from them which in blind testing amongst my children was indistinguishable from cow’s milk, and I mean that in the most complementary possible way.
I don’t want to say too much about this since they talked to me in confidence, but it was encouraging that they were able to meet the regulation requirements for milk testing on a small scale. Last year I built a prototype pasteuriser that did work but needs more iterations to be a viable product. The problem with that is probably the inspector won’t allow a piece of equipment that hasn’t been certified by a dairy standards organization, and that certification can be ruinously expensive. On the other hand, maybe I could get a grant for the certification if I get the prototype working properly. So I think I will still build another iteration and worry about the certification if I can get it working very well.
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