Hufford Family Dairy

Hufford Family Dairy is where forages are harvested, calves are born and raised, cows are cared for and milked, and cheese is cultured and aged. This is our vision of maintaining our legacy of stewardship of the land, husbandry of livestock, and production of “Farm to Table” dairy products. Our raw milk cheese is made exclusively from our milk from Hufford Family Dairy.

On "Cheese Day," hormone-free whole milk is diverted via stainless steel pipeline directly from the cows through our filtration system and into the cheese vat in the adjoining USDA-approved cheese room. Culture is added to the milk and the process begins; 2 hours later the whey is drained off and saved to be used for pork production. The cheese curds are salted with Celtic sea salt, placed in the press overnight, and vacuum packed to begin the 60-day aging process at carefully controlled temperatures. The aging process makes unpasteurized whole milk cheese legal for sale in Indiana.

Careful consideration to pasture management, forage quality, cow comfort and nutrition, genetic improvement (especially A2A2 beta casein), and facility cleanliness help insure a consistent product.