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A dairy is a place where milk is stored and where butter, cheese and other dairy products are made, or a place where those products are sold. It may be a room, a building or a larger establishment. The attributive dairy describes milk-based products, derivatives and processes, and the animals and workers involved in their production, for example dairyman, dairymaid, dairy cattle or dairy goat. A dairy farm produces milk and a dairy factory processes it into a variety of dairy products. In the United States, for example, an entire dairy farm is commonly called a “dairy”. The building or farm area where milk is harvested from the cow is often called a “milking parlor” or “parlor”, except in the case of smaller dairies, where cows are often put on pasture, and usually milked in “stanchion barns”.