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The dairy industry in the United States includes the farms, cooperatives, and companies that produce milk, cheese and related products such as milking machines, and distribute them to the consumer. By 1925, the United States had 1.5-2 million dairy cows, each producing an average of 4200 lb of milk per year.
The average for a single dairy cow in the US in 2007 was 9,164 kg (20,204 lb) per year, excluding milk consumed by her calves, [6] whereas the same average value for a single cow in Israel was reported in the Philippine press to be 12,240 kg (26,980 lb) in 2009. [27] High production cows are more difficult to breed at a two-year interval.
Known for producing the most milk of any cattle. Illawarra Shorthorn: Australia [1] 7.5 2 Irish Moiled: Ireland: 7.5 2 Rare breed and can be dual purpose, meat and milk. Jamaica Hope: Jamaica: Jersey: Jersey [1] 19 5 4.60 [2] 3.59 [2] Has a very high content of butterfat in the milk. Lakenvelder (Dutch Belted) Netherlands: 18 5 Meuse-Rhine ...
Use of milk production hormone, recombinant bST: A study in February 1999 determined the "response to bST over a 305-day lactation equaled 894 kg of milk, 27 kg of fat, and 31 kg of protein". [19] Monsanto Company estimates a figure of about 1.5 million of 9 million dairy cows are being treated with rBST, or about 17% of cows nationally. [20]
Milk yield was measured in 2013 at 10231 kg (22600 lb) per year; [2]: 142 the milk has about 4% butterfat and 3.5% protein [3] and is suitable for making cheese. In the twentieth century the Brown Swiss became a world breed, with a global population estimated in 1990 at seven million head.
Organic Valley offers another version of grass-fed organic milk with their “Grassmilk,” a full-fat dairy product from cows fed 100% organic grass and dried forage. A hidden benefit of ...
There are debates over whether the use of antibiotics in meat production is harmful to humans. [76] Since 1960 average cow's milk production has increased from 5-kilogram /day (11 lb) to 30-kilogram /day (66 lb) by 2008, as noted by Dale Bauman and Jude Capper in the Efficiency of Dairy Production and its Carbon Footprint. The article points to ...
The National Farmers Union says 15 years of trials have proved there is no risk to consumers or animals - that Bovaer breaks down in a cow's digestive system and is not present in milk or meat ...