The Spanish cows have eclectic tastes when they go about their lactation
But as cognoscenti they choose Mozart over rock and jazz without hesitation.
“The Chirigota farm on the outskirts of Madrid is using an innovative system to produce the best quality milk possible from its milking cows.
The bovines are treated like VIP’s at this Spanish farm with the help of accessories such as waterbeds, electronic brushes and sprinklers that have turned the complex into a five-star hotel for pampered cows.
However, the biggest influence on milk quality, according to the farm owners, is the use of music. It is not any old music though, but that of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The placid harmonies of the Austrian composer’s concerto for flute and harp in D major is played continually at milking time. The music soothes the nerves of the Friesians.
“It only happens with Mozart and although it was discovered by monks in Brittany, the idea is being used mainly in Israel. We in fact have specialists come over from Israel to explain to us new concepts of production. And it was them that told us to use Mozart,” said Nicolas Sieber, the head of marketing for the milking farm and company.”
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