Originally Posted by
RSVP
LOL..our farm was clear on the other end of the county, and we
never sent milk to a cheese factory. Anybody who kept their herd healthy enough and farm clean enough was "Grade A" and sent their milk to a fluid bottling plant. If your failed inspection your farm was downgraded to "Grade B" then your milk wasn't good enough for fluid and you had to send it to a lowly cheese factory...and neighbors talked about you falling to "Grade B" in hushed, shameful tones.
(I don't think that's how it works anymore, and in areas with no bottling plant everybody sends to cheese factories.)