ANS 3006C Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Udder, Brown Swiss, A2 Milk
12 Dec 2016
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The u. s. and florida dairy industries part 2. Objectives of the dairy producer: produce the product efficiently, be environmentally responsible, earn a reasonable profit. Worldwide production (in million tons: 1) india 137. 5. Has around 46 million cows: 2) usa 84. 3. Has around 9 million cows: 3) pakistan 41. 6, 4) china 33. 9, 5) brazil 32. 0, many lesser developed countries are still living without technology (refrigeration) and have lesser outputs. Milk producing states (in billion pounds: 1) california 41. 2. 20% of the us total: 2) wisconsin 27. 5, 3) new york 13. 5, 4) idaho 13. 4, 5) pennsylvania- 10. 5, florida ranks number 19 with 2. 4. Mostly made up of large farms with over 500 head of cattle: there are 80 farms. Lafayette county has the most farms with 21: okeechobee county is second with 19. Rank for milk in pounds per cow: 12: 19,374 pounds. Rank for profit per pounds of milk sold: 3: sh. 223. Rank in forage production: 39: 1,290 pounds.
