Farm fresh milk from the Lanarkshire fields.
Hillhead of Covington are a dairy farm milking 350 Holstein cows on the banks of the river Clyde in Lanarkshire.
They make the famous Cows of Covington Farm Fresh Milk. People who taste it say, “it’s milk, just like it used to be!”
They recently diversified and are now selling locally their own small batch pasteurised milk and milkshakes which have been hugely successful.
The family started the dairy herd at Hillhead of Covington in 1996 and over the year they have built up the herd and invested in the farm.
A family business.
Farming at Hillhead is very much a family commitment. William was brought up on a beef and sheep farm but has a real passion for dairy cows. Jennifer is from a dairy farm background and she also works as a Chartered Physiotherapist. The children are also very much part of the family farm.
The family have always enjoyed the fresh milk that they produce on the farm but have increasing found that it bears less resemblance to the milk available to the majority of people. Proper fresh milk has been losing its appeal, being overly processed; high temperature pasteurising, standardising, homogenising, filtering, skimming off the cream and often 5 days old before getting to the customer having travelled many, many, miles around the country. Alternative milks were gaining in popularity and being shipped worldwide. Cows of Covington wanted to provide proper fresh whole milk straight to the local community.
Natural taste.
Cows of Covington invested in a batch pasteuriser to allow them to pasteurise on the farm at lower temperatures to maintain the natural taste and texture of the milk. They pasteurise daily and deliver the milk to their two milk vending machines where customers can fill up their own container or can purchase one of their glass bottles to fill and reuse over and over again.
It is great to hear people say, “it’s milk, just like it used to be!”
Where to Find us?
You can buy our fresh milk and produce directly from the farm. The Milk Hut at Hillhead of Covington is located at the farm where the milk is produced and you can sit in our outdoor seating area and enjoy the amazing views over the upper Clyde Valley and Tinto hill
At the Milk Hut you can purchase reusable glass bottles and our fresh Milk and Milkshakes.There are always 6 flavors of milkshakes available with 3 special flavours changing every week. Also at The Milk Hut we have a hot drinks machine with hot chocolate and milky coffees made using our own fresh milk. A good supply of fresh cakes and traybakes are on offer made by our very own Eva Baillie who runs Cakes of Covington. Fresh eggs are available from our local egg farm, Hillwood Eggs.
The Milk Hut is open 24 hours every day with all payments by contactless card payments.
We have a second milk vending machine located in Brownlees of Biggar with fresh milk and 3 flavours of milkshake always available. Also open everyday.