Milk Hauling: Farm to Processing Plant
It takes about two days for milk to go from the farm where the cow is milked to the grocery store. Keeping that milk safe and healthy involves the people who collect the milk at the farms, as well as farmers and processors. The milk is transported in insulated trucks which are monitored and inspected for sanitary conditions. We have produced a training video and study manuals for milk haulers in both Spanish and English language versions.
The dairy inspection program licenses and trains milk haulers, the people who collect milk at the dairy farm. Milk haulers in Kansas are licensed and evaluated on their ability to sample, collect and transport raw milk from the farm to the processing plant. Representative samples from each producer's shipment of milk are collected by the hauler. Producers are paid based on the testing of that sample. New milk haulers must complete a training exercise and a written test before they are licensed by the Kansas Department of Agriculture. Licenses are renewed annually and refresher training is required every three years.
New milk haulers should study the material before taking the license test from the area dairy inspector.
Milk Hauler Licensing Study Manual