ANSC 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Milking Shorthorn, Butterfat, Brown Swiss
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U. s dairy statistics: 66,000 herds/ 9,100,000 cows, 130 cows per herd, new mexico- 1400 cows per herd, california- 781, tennessee- 100. Milk production: 18,900 pounds per cow, washington- 23,000, louisiana- 12,000. Key dairy states: california- 2,161 herds- 1,688,000 cows, wisconsin- 16,455 herds-1,256,000 cows, new york- 6549 herds- 671,000 cows, pennsylvania- 9,140 herds- 575,000 cows, tennessee- 2075 herds- 60,000 cows. Money nationally: 170 billion pounds of milk per year, 19. 5 gallons per year industry trend fewer and larger herds, slightly fewer cows, more milk per cow total production somewhat constant, shift in geographic area of production. Milk marketing farmers are paid per hundred pounds of milk: current price is around 22. 50 per hundred or 2. 00 per gallon. Uses of raw milk fluid milk 28: cheese 49, butter 7% frozen products 7, non-fat dry milk 3, other 6% Holstein: 95% of national herd, origin: holland, color: black and white or red and white, weight: 1500lbs, milk yield: 20,500lbs, % butterfat: 3. 7.
