Just when you thought they were all farmers...

Today I got the opportunity to head back to the Keystone Farm Show. Before your like... "another date?!" No, I wasn't there on another date! This time I was there for business...

I got to spend the day working a booth for a gentleman who I met as Dairy Princess. I talked to dairy farmers and gave them my sales pitch on the product, Fight Back,  that I was promoting and selling. Fight Back is a chlorhexidine  based product that is used to clean the cows teat after she is done milking. Chlorhexidine is a compound that is used in hospitals to clean medical equipment and also used on babies naval's when born. If it's safe and productive for babies it's safe and productive for cows! This product sprays onto the end of the teat blowing away the milk droplet allowing the teat canal to be open for it to absorb to disinfect the teat.

This was the booth I was working today.

This product is also great to use on calves navels as well... it will kill any bacteria the calf may have came in contact with when he/she was born and will disinfect the naval closing and drying it up faster not allowing for different organisms from nature to enter the immune system. The neonatal calf has a very very weak immune system and is extremely prone to disease; that is why we take such precautions when calves are born to get them started off on the right track. One of the many options for cow care.

Any who more about my day... I did what I do best and talked to many people throughout the day. I talked with one couple who will be starting to milk cows in the next two months. They were a whoot to talk with. The husband dropped the F bomb in the most politest ways possible.... if that's even possible! They were going on about how excited they were and wished they started tomorrow and that they are going to start using this product. So... point for me!! ( I sold some product!)

But I think the highlight of my day; when I for sure thought I was only talking to farmers or was only going to encounter farmers throughout my day, was when I meg just the opposite.

I asked this gentleman, who was watching our video on the product, how many cows he milks. And he says, "ma'am, I've never seen a cow until about two months ago."

Not really knowing what to say, "hey well at least you can check that off your bucket list!"

"Ain't that the truth. I am 47 and have lived in New York City my whole life. My friends convinced me to move to Pennsylvania and they drug me along to this. They said you'll never believe what you'll see you gotta come."

We went on talking for a while and he was asking about the product and I told him how when after the cow is milked there is a milk droplet that hangs around onto the end of her teat and just like any other type of wet warm and moist area it is the perfect environment for bacteria to go. And bacteria that would grow causes a cow to get sick and her milk to go bad. He said that that totally made sense. And I went on and said with this product it blows the milk away and then kills any bacteria that may be hanging around the canal keeping the cow and milk healthy.

He was in awe and was asking me so many questions and I was having the time of my life just being able to answer them and then hear his responses. He was absolutely thrilled to learn.  He told me how some of the tractors he saw were bigger than his apartment and that by the looks of it animals live more luxurious then people. He said, "I mean come on water beds for cows?! Misters for pigs, back scratchers, heated housing for calves! I would trade in my shoe box apartment for all that! I had no idea there was all this stuff for farm animals. These animals live better then most people on this planet."

We probably talked for an hour about agriculture. And he told me how he was learning so much today. And how he wasn't going to come but glad he did. "My friends told me I wouldn't last but I'm learning about a whole different world."

And to think I would be able to share my story and educate someone at the "FARMERS" farm show! I was honored to have bumped into this gentleman he made my day that much more of a success. Any chance you get smile, be friendly, open minded, and share your story. Because you never know who'll you'll run into.