ANFS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Brown Swiss, Udder, Lactation
28 Feb 2018
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The place of dairy cattle in u. s. agriculture ranks third in animal industries behind beef and poultry and eggs. annual cash receipts from dairy products -approximately billion. Dairy products provide nearly 11% of all yearly cash receipts from agriculture. Don"t produce high marbling like beef, but produce high volume. Purpose of the dairy cattle industry make use of resources humans can"t use. 2/3 of feed energy is from forage agronomic crop waste food by-products produce food humans can use very efficient. The dairy cow"s conversion of feed to food is the most efficient of all the domestic animals. Dairy cows are very good at what they do. Structure and location trend toward fewer, larger operations several thousand cows shifted to western us top states include ca, wi, ny, pa. Total cows in the country has steadily declined (fewer cows, fewer farms) but amount of milk is increasing.
