dairy farm

noun

1. a farm devoted chiefly to the production of milk and the manufacture of butter and cheese.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dairy farm¹

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

First a dairy farm and then part of the historic Buena Vista Winery, the property was acquired by Danish entrepreneur Allan Warburg and three partners in 2008.

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The pace of new H5N1 cases on dairy farms peaked in the fall of 2024, and has since slowed to a near stop.

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It is streaming, often constantly, from facilities associated with the oil and gas industry, landfills and dairy farms, among other sources.

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The Prince and Princess of Wales later visited Mallon Farm in Cookstown, a flax farm which had previously been a dairy farm.

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Meat and dairy farms rely on water to hydrate their animals, grow crops to feed them and even to cool them off in extreme heat.

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