Posted by John in La on October 13, 2013 at 10:12:03 from (96.33.136.54):
In Reply to: Dairy cows posted by J. Schwiebert on October 13, 2013 at 08:41:08:
Milk production per cow is a hard answer to give. To give you an example. The average herd for the entire country comes in just over 20,000 lbs a year but top herds in a state can be over 30,000 per year. While breed plays a big role; management practices such as milking 2 or 3 times a day; and quality of cows you have are a big factor. A grade Holstein cow milked twice a day from a southern state may only give 13,000 to 15,000 lbs a year; where as a top registered Holstein milked three times a day can give over 30,000 lbs a year. I think the record is over 50,000 or maybe even 60,000 lbs a year now. We are producing 3 times the milk out of half the cows if you compare today to the late 50's or early 60's.
Along those same lines water intake goes up and down my month and herd. A cow needs to drink about twice what she puts out in milk so you can see some drink a lot more than others.
Some cool facts. It takes about 350 squirts when hand milking to make a gallon of milk. The average cow lives about 20 years but the average dairy cow is wore out in 5 to 7 years and sent to slaughter. Milk contains 87% water and 13% milk solids A cow spends over 6 hours a day eating and that does not include time chewing her cud.
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