Thirty Gallon Vat Pasteurizer for our Dairy Farm: Installing and Testing 

It is pretty nice. I’ve vat pasteurized on older vats where you have to manually throttle the steam valves to maintain the temperature. It’s very labor intensive and requires a lot of attention from the operator. Ours is all programmable, just set it and check it occasionally. It’s “hands off” enough that you can actually go do other things whilst it’s heating. Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching!

Glad you liked the video! Thanks for watching!

Thank you!

Glad you enjoyed the video! I remember when locally there we a couple different milk processors, which meant that dairy farmers had different choices, and there was some competition which made prices for farmers better. Sadly it’s not like that anymore, and most dairy farmers are only left with one choice, if any at all.

@@vnthomas16 We always had a milk cow and nurse cow's that raised several calves at one time. And of course Mom had a cream separater, and made butter and cottage cheese regularly.

Thank you! Stay well yourself, and thanks for your support!

Glad we can help. Must be hard watching to cows go. I think dairy cows are different than any other livestock because dairy farmers have such close contact with their cows daily. And even though we know the how the eventual life cycle for a cow will end, we still build relationships with them.

Clover Mountain Dairy very hard to see them go. We were in Washington last summer hope to get again will look you up.

Our state is pretty easy to work with. Thanks for watching!

Hmmm, banana flavored milk? Can’t say I’ve ever tried that! Raw milk sales are legal in Washington, and we have several licensed raw milk dairies around us, so luckily customers have lots of choices around us. Thanks for watching!

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Thank you for your kind comments!

We drink our own milk now. For us, it will be a matter of convenience. Do we have pasteurized, bottled milk in the cooler and we can just grab one? If not, we’ll just grab some raw milk out of the bulk tank. Either way, makes no difference to us. As a farm, we should be proud to consume what we produce.

We have invested heavily in stainless steel! Haha! Yes, many things have changed in dairying over the years! Thanks for sharing your memories!

Good morning from Mo.

That’s why we like vat pasteurizing. It’s such a low temp, that it doesn’t destroy the milk like the stuff you buy in stores. It’s milk that still tastes like milk! Around us, we do have a lot of licensed dairies that sell raw milk, so we also don’t want to impose on their market. Thanks for watching!

You’re welcome! Glad you enjoy the videos!

Awesome! Glad you’re along for the journey!

raw milk is much better for you

@@ajlewis9454 I don't miss the milking

It’s awesome! We’re still figuring things out and trying new things. We got comfortable with the heifers, and so with the new routines we’re trying to figure out efficiencies. Hopefully this time next year we’ll have it all figured out!

I can imagine it will be an exciting day for you when the milk bottles show up at the farm. Keith-

Yes! They have been delayed, but still coming. We’ll probably get all set up and running in June. Why not? June is dairy month!

Great question! Yes indeed! Keeping milk cold is important for quality and safety!

You’re welcome!

Interesting! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks! I think our production will mostly be limited by our cows! Haha! After the initial four, we plan to build our herd from within, so we should be good for a few years at least. Being sold out of product would be a good thing though!

Hello friend! We’re still experimenting with throttling the valves, but our goal is under 40 degrees in 2 hours.

@@vnthomas16 that's awesome! That will really help take the load off the refrigerator once you start bottling. Woohoo! Another big step! ❤️🌈

Hopefully you can pick up a used plate cooler if not too expensive.

Great question! Yes indeed!

The pasteurizer is from Northwestern Tool out of Ohio. Container like a shipping container? I’d lay it out the same as my barn. It’d be narrower (the dairy is 12’ wide). Parlor in the back, then the milkhouse, then the processing room, and then office/storage in the front. I imagine a raised parlor would be difficult to build in a container, so I’d go with a flat parlor.

Since we got the seeds of our initial herd when we bought our four calves two years ago, our plan is to build the herd up from within. So far, we have one heifer calf, so she should be a milk cow in two years. Thanks for watching!

Best of luck

Thanks!

Great question! We’ll need a couple milkings to get to the minimum. We plan to process every 2-3 days. Thanks for watching!

Вы можете продавать сырое молоко в штате Вашингтон. Мы пастеризуем, чтобы сделать шоколадное молоко. Спасибо. (You can sell raw milk in Washington State. We pasteurize to make chocolate milk. Thanks.)

Sadly, it happened in shipping. Doesn’t affect functionality at all though.

The temperature is set on the chart recorder itself, as it is what controls the jacket heating element and the air space heater. I’ll admit, the controls are a little “clunky” to use, but not too bad. After doing it a few times, it starts to make more sense. I don’t know the limitations of the set points, as we only program it for the required pasteurizing temperatures depending on the product, and it covers all of those temperatures (145f for regular fluid milk, 150f for chocolate milk, and 155f for eggnog. Airspace is 5f over pasteurizing temp.) Hope this helps! Thanks for watching!

Great question! Whilst we don’t intend to sell raw milk, it is legal here in Washington State USA. In fact, you can buy it in the grocery store. We have a few farms around us that sell raw milk. Thanks for watching!

Hello there! The pasteurizer does not require a separate boiler. It is a self-contained unit, with a heating element similar to that of a hot water heater to heat the water in the jacket. Ours requires a 30 amp, 220 volt dedicated circuit. We also need a 20 amp, 110 volt receptacle for the agitator. This isn’t a dedicated circuit, just part of the convenience receptacles for the dairy. Thanks for watching!

@@vnthomas16 Thank you so much for the response! Would you mind replying with the company you pruchased from along with the contact you worked with? Thanks again!

The parlor is coming together well. I just got done with all the metal fabrication, and we’re getting ready to start painting it. Looking forward to using it!

We got it from Northwestern Tools, also doing business as Jaybee Precision. They’re out of Ohio.

Clover Mountain Dairy okay thank for the information

We have 11… Well, technically 10. One is JerseyxAngus. We have 8 bred to milk next season.

@@vnthomas16 thank you for your response. Hoping to buy my relatives farm down south and convert it to dairy. How long does the milking pro ess take by hand?

Washington State is pretty easy to work with. Raw milk sales are legal here. You can buy it on the shelf at the grocery store! Thanks for watching!

Nothing against drinking from the bulk tank, we do it, but you can’t make cheese or yogurt in the bulk tank! Thanks for watching!

To each their own. Thanks for stopping by!