What does it cost to get started with a raw milk cow-share?

To get started picking up your weekly raw milk cow-share, you must first decide how much milk you use per week.

• If you use one gallon per week, that is a full share.
• If you use a half-gallon per week, that is a half share.
• If you use three gallons per week, that is three shares.

You are responsible for three basic costs:

1. Purchase of your share in our herd (the cow-share).
2. A yearly boarding fee for your cow (with this fee, you receive your weekly milk).
3. A delivery fee, if you are not picking up your milk directly from the dairy.

The cow share purchase is $50/share and is a one-time, transferrable purchase. If you move, or do not want your share any longer, you may re-sell your share to another responsible party, or donate your share back to the dairy.

The cow boarding fees are as follows:

Cow Boarding for Active Herd Shareowners	Weekly Shares at dairy (52 weeks)	Weekly Shares Delivered +10%	Every Other Week Shares (26 weeks)	Every Other Week Shares Delivered +10%	Once Per Month Shares (12 weeks)	Once Per Month shares delivered +10%	Jar Fee for all Herd Shareowners (3 sets of jars and rings)
Quarter Share (one quart)	$208/year $17.33/mo.	$228.80/year $19.07/month	$117/year $9.75/month	$128.70/year $10.72/month	$60/year $5/month	$66/year $5.50/month	$6/year
Half Share (one half gallon)	$325/year $27.08/mo.	$357.50/year $29.79/month	$169/year $14.08/month	$185.90/year $15.49/month	$84/year $7/month	$92.40/year $7.70/month	$6/year
Full Share (one gallon)	$624/year $52/month	$686.40/year $57.20/month	$318.50/year $26.54/month	$350.35/year $29.20/month	$156/year $13/month	$171.60/year $14.30/month	$12/year

 

If you pick up at the dairy there is no delivery fee.  Driving co-ops are not charged a delivery fee by the dairy, but there may be a fee to cover fuel/time/electricity expenses as decided by the driving co-op.

If you participate in a co-op drop-site that we deliver to, your delivery fee is a flat 10% fuel charge on all items delivered.

Your yearly boarding fee may be paid up front in one lump sum (we prefer this because it makes the money available to us to cover farm expenses), in quarterly installments, in four equal payments, or in monthly installments.