  Milking is a way of life  March 31, 2013 Betsy Lehndorff , The
Alpena News   The reason is because their milking facility at
11657 Behning Road is a closed system, Janet Tolan said. Once a
sanitized milking machine is attached to a cow's udder, human
hands never come into contact with the product again. The milk
streams from the cow into a collection tube. Then it passes
through a small cooling unit and ends up in a self-cleaning
3,000-gallon tank that keeps it at 37 degrees fahrenheit.  Every
24 hours, seven days a week, the milk is pumped into a tanker
truck and goes to a processing plant.  Article Photos  Janet
Tolan looks on as employees handle Holsteins in a 24-unit
milking parlor at Risky Endeavor Dairy Farm.  "When you put the
milkers on, that's it," Tolan, who owns Risky Endeavor with
husband Russ, said.  The dairy, which has been in the family
four generations, is a member of the Michigan Milk Producers
Association co-op. Sometimes the truck takes their milk to a
plant where it is dried and turned