All milk and cream under the Lochmead Farms label is produced by Lochmead's own herd of cows on our one dairy farm located near Junction City, and is bottled at the Lochmead Dairy milk and ice cream plant in Junction City.  All of the cows in the Lochmead herd were born and raised at Lochmead Farms.  At no time during the last 25 years have any dairy animals been brought into or added to our herd from any other location.

In addition to this self-imposed quarantine, at no time during the last 25 years have we fed our dairy animals any feed from any animal source, which USDA thinks to be the method of infection and transfer of BSE (mad cow disease).  BSE is not found in milk or milk products.   The World Health Organization, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other major health organizations have affirmed and reaffirmed that milk and milk products do not contain or transmit BSE.

On another area of concern to you the customer, as previously stated, our cows will never be treated with the recombinant bovine growth hormone, rBGH, no matter what the FDA and Monsanto say about its safety.  Additionally, no antibiotics are given to our cows, except in the event of an individual animal becoming ill due to an infection.  At that time the treated cow is moved to a hospital barn and remains isolated from the milking herd until she is healthy and all antibiotics are clear from her system.

We hope that these practices of herd management will meet your highest expectation and that you remain assured as to the safety of Lochmead Farms products.

Jock Gibson
President, Lochmead Dairy, Inc.