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

“We could have prevented the spread of bird flu on poultry farms across America, and we didn’t. We could have prevented the spread of bird flu on dairy farms, and we didn’t.”

From Los Angeles Times

Many farmers wound up milking at dairy farms in the Central Valley.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr Holden, who runs a dairy farm in western Wales, said he and Neal's Yard had been "excited" to receive such a large order and the theft had been a "violation".

From BBC

“I just finished speaking to the owner of the dairy farm,” wrote a public health nurse at the Mid-Michigan district health department in a May 10 email.

From Salon

He was involved in his family’s San Joaquin Valley dairy farm decades ago; when he was 14, he has recounted, he bought seven head of young cattle to raise and sell.

From Los Angeles Times

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