Contact:
Scott Smith, (540) 829-6291
18077 Ashland Farm Road
Culpeper, VA 22701
Sunday Only
Ashland Farms, Inc., a family dairy run by third generation
Culpeper natives, offers a chance to see where food staples such as
milk, ice cream, cheese, yogurt and other delicious dairy products
come from. The farm raises Holstein cattle from calves to milking
cows. These beautiful black and white animals can weigh 1,500
pounds when mature and produce the most milk on average of any
dairy cow breed. In one day, a typical mature cow can produce
over 12 gallons of milk and can eat over 100 pounds of feed!
It is fortunate, then, that in addition to its milking operation,
Ashland Farms grows and sells hay and straw in both square and
round bales. Visit the grain silo and silage facility where food for
the dairy herd in stored.
Directions
from Culpeper — Take Route 3 East
towards Fredericksburg. Go approximately 5 miles
and look for farm tour signs. Ashland Farms’ sign
will be on your left.
Directions
from Fredericksburg — Follow Rt. 3 West to Culpeper.
Continue approximately 4.5 miles past "Blue Ridge Growers" on
Rt. 3. Look for farm tour sign and Ashland Farm sign on your
right.
Site
Activity — Try your hand at milking a cow the oldfashioned
way, tours of the dairy facility, calves to pet.
They offer straw, alfalfa hay, timothy hay, and ears of corn
for sale.
A Little Cow Trivia
• In an average herd, there is one bull to every 30 cows.
• Cows can detect odor up to five miles away.
•
A cow’s age can be determined by counting the rings on its
horns.
• Cows can see color.
• The oldest cow ever recorded died just before her 49th birthday.
• People first domesticated cows 5,000 years ago.
