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What quantity of milk would 1,000 milking cows produce?

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Variables affecting milk production. The amount of milk produced by dairy cows can be affected by a wide variety of variables. The key to dairy farming successfully is to minimize the impact of these variables. read more

Dairy cows' milk yield has increased from an average of 3,750 litres per cow per year (12 litres/21 pints per day) in the 1970s to 7,445 litres (24.5 litres/42 pints per day) in 2012. And just between 2007 and 2012, there has been an almost eight per cent (530 litres per cow) increase in the average yield per cow per year. read more

Cows have also gotten better at converting feed to milk. The modern dairy cow needs less feed to produce milk. **Cows today produce more milk with less feed** This obviously has allowed the dairy industry to reduce its environmental footprint. According to Dairy Cares, the dairy industry has reduced its carbon footprint by 63% in 65 years. read more

Between 15–40 lt a day, it really depends on breed and the business strategy for feed, housing, comfort of animals. If you take 25 lt avarage a day they will give 25.000 lt milk. read more

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