I did some work filming dairies late last year and it was mentioned in the interviews. The biggest "industrial" dairy we visited had most of the cows under cov

I did some work filming dairies late last year and it was mentioned in the interviews. The biggest "industrial" dairy we visited had most of the cows under cover in large, open-sided sheds. The sheds were ventilated and the cows had fresh bedding regularly, and I'm confident this wasn't put on for us given we were a tiny camera crew. I expected it to be completely miserable but the areas the cows lay to ruminate was clean and they all looked very content. The cows in this operation were much, much cleaner than those at traditional, smaller dairies we visited (who got absolutely filthy with each other's waste, lying out in fields to ruminate). I imagine it's like being given food and allowed to sit on the couch watching TV all day, which is what half of us do already. Not sure if they have a solution for the separation and permanent pregnancy issues.