O.W.L.S Iowa Dairy Center Tour
Thu, Oct 17
|Osborne Nature Center
Join the OWLS group for a tour of the Iowa Dairy Center near Calmar Iowa!
Time & Location
Oct 17, 2024, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Osborne Nature Center, 29862 Osborne Rd, Elkader, IA 52043, USA
About the Event
Older, Wiser, Livelier, Souls Thursday, October 17th, 2024 “Iowa Dairy Center Tour” The shuttle leaves Osborne Park at 10:00 a.m.
Join the O.W.L.S. as we tour the Iowa Dairy Center located south of Calmar on HWY-150. We will be doing a guided tour of the Iowa Dairy Museum along with walking through the various other facilities on the site.
We will be viewing the state-of-the-art robotic milking facility that was added to the farm in 2013 which milks around 160 of the farms Holstein cows in total! Tour will also include a walkthrough of the free stall barn, maternity barn, calf barn, and the hall of breeds.
The group will leave from Osborne Park at 10:00 a.m. and the tour will begin at 11:00 a.m. After the tour we will stop at a local restaurant for lunch & plan to return to Osborne by 4:00 PM. Reservations are required for this event, so…