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Global milk production has increased rapidly over the past 50 years. According to Our World in Data, global milk production has nearly tripled since 1961, reaching around 930 million tonnes in 2022. The most popular milk is cow milk, followed by buffalo milk, goat milk, sheep milk and camel milk.
Ubre Blanca produced 109.5 liters of milk on a single day in January 1982– more than four times a typical cow's production. The cow also produced 24,268.9 liters of milk in one lactation period ending in February 1982. [1] Both feats were recognized by Guinness World Records as world records; either record wouldn't be beaten by another cow ...
Cow Milk Production by State in 2016 After a brief rise following the Great Recession of 2008-9, milk prices crashed again in the late 2010s to well under $3 a gallon at major grocers in the United States. Pennsylvania has 8,500 farms with 555,000 dairy cows. Milk produced in Pennsylvania yields an annual revenue of about US$1.5 billion. [70]
Along with climate and corresponding types of vegetation, the economy of a nation also influences the level of agricultural production. Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat. Products ...
The top breed of dairy cow within Canada's national herd category is Holstein, taking up 93% of the dairy cow population, have a production rate of 10,257 kilograms (22,613 lb) of milk per cow that contains 3.9% butter fat and 3.2% protein [8]
Carnation cows held the world milk production record for 32 consecutive years. One cow in particular, Segis Pietertje Prospect, produced 37,381 pints of milk during 1920, and a statue of the cow was erected to honor this record. The town of Tolt, Washington, was later renamed Carnation, after the nearby breeding and research farms.
Dutchland Farms had become recognized internationally for its herd of purebred Holstein Friesian cattle, some individual members of which made and held world records for milk and butter production. Progeny from this famous herd enriched the livestock of regal bovine blood in North and South America, Africa, and other distant countries.
Indigenous cows produce about 3.73 kilograms (8.2 lb) of milk per day, compared to 7.61 kilograms (16.8 lb) per day for cross-bred cows and 11.48 kilograms (25.3 lb) per day for exotic cows. [39] However, according to some experts, the milk of indigenous cows have higher nutritional value and thus their declining population can have long-term ...