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FARM INSPECTION CASE STUDIES

Assumption:

You are the State Grade “A” dairy farm inspector. You have chosen today to do your
south route farms since the north route roads are a mess due to the rain yesterday.
You have loaded everything you hopefully need into the state vehicle including your
farm boot covers, flashlight with fresh batteries, sanitizer test kits, ledgers and map
book, inspection forms and inspection clip board, boot sanitizer, camera, and an
optimistic attitude. You have chosen a few of your best farms to visit. Upon arrival
at each farm you observe the following conditions, respectively.

Farm #1:

You enter the milk room and find that the morning milking has been completed. It’s
around 11:00 a.m. and the milker usually gets finished at around 9:00 a.m. every
morning. There is no one around and you observe that the equipment has been
rinsed out and water is visible in the receiver and weigh jars. Out in the milk barn
(stanchion type operation), there are several small birds skittering about. There is
some manure on the walls, you can tell it’s probably from the morning milking
activities. As you re-enter the milk house you take the stored milk temperature and
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find it to be exactly 57 F.

What are your actions?

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