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The check digits for cattle ear tags are calculated by dividing the number obtained from the herd mark and animal number by 7 and adding one to the remainder. For example, if the UK herd mark is 303565 and the animal number is 01234, the check digit is calculated as follows: [citation needed] 30356501234 MOD 7 = 3
Herd Book of Hereford Cattle: Hereford Herd Book Society [1] Highland: Highland Herd Book: Highland Cattle Society of Scotland [1] Holstein-Friesian: Friesch Rundvee-Stamboek: Holstein-Friesian: Nederlandsch Rundvee-Stamboek: Holstein-Friesian: Holstein UK Herd Book: Holstein UK [2] Jersey: Jersey Herd Book: Royal Jersey Agricultural and ...
Chillingham cattle, also known as Chillingham wild cattle, is a breed of cattle that live in a large enclosed park at Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, England.In summer 2022 the cattle number 138 animals with approximately equal numbers of males and females.
Cattle bred specifically for milk production are called milking or dairy cattle; [1] a cow kept to provide milk for one family may be called a family cow or a milker. A fresh cow is a dairy term for a cow (or a first-calf heifer in few regions) who has recently given birth, or "freshened." The adjective applying to cattle in general is usually ...
The average milk yield is about 3860 litres per lactation; [4]: 189 some cows may give up to 5000 litres. Lactation lasts close to 300 days. [5] The milk has an average butterfat content of 3.9%, with 3.3% protein and 4.6% lactose, and is suitable for cheese-making. [4]: 189 It is used to make both Single Gloucester and Stinking Bishop cheeses. [9]
Arla Aylesbury is the largest dairy in the UK; at opening it was the world's biggest dairy, [1] processing over 1.75 billion pints (1 billion litres) of milk per year, around 10% of the milk in the UK. It is owned by Arla Foods UK which is a subsidiary of Arla Foods, a large producer of dairy products in Scandinavia.
The United States dairy herd produced 84.2 billion kilograms (185.7 billion pounds) of milk in 2007, [6] up from 52.9 billion kilograms (116.6 billion pounds) in 1950, [7] yet there were only about 9 million cows on U.S. dairy farms—about 13 million fewer than there were in 1950. [7]
Price of milk in the UK from 1990 to 2019, both each month and the two-year average. Values are in 2019 prices [1] In Europe, UK milk production is third after France & Germany and is around the tenth highest in the world. There are around 12,000 dairy farms in the UK. [2] Around 14 billion litres of milk are commercially produced in the UK ...