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The Dairy Industry

The Dairy Industry. Introduction. Is a large component of American agriculture Sales of dairy products accounts for about 13% of all farm commodities Differs from all other segments of animal agriculture in that the product harvested is intended by nature for no other use than as food.

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The Dairy Industry

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  1. The Dairy Industry

  2. Introduction • Is a large component of American agriculture • Sales of dairy products accounts for about 13% of all farm commodities • Differs from all other segments of animal agriculture in that the product harvested is intended by nature for no other use than as food

  3. Dairy Statistics • Dairy ranks 3rd behind beef and poultry/eggs • US produces about 15% of the world’s cow milk, although we only have 4.7% of the world’s human population • The US has about 1% of the world’s dairy cows.

  4. Milk • Often described as nature’s most perfect food. • Milk is 87% water and the other 13% consists of solids containing proteins, carbs, and water-soluble vitamins and minerals

  5. How much do we consume? • The Average American eats this annually.. • 28.8 gallons of milk • 30.6 lbs of cheese • 16.7 lbs of ice cream • 4.5 lbs of butter • 4.3 lbs of yogurt

  6. Where Does Milk Come From? • Milk is produced and processed in all 50 states. • Top five producers are: Wisconsin, California, New York, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania • These five states produce more milk than the other 45 combined.

  7. What Kind of Dairy Cows? • 85-90% of the dairy cattle in the US are of the Holstein breed. • These familiar marked animals give a large amount of milk with a smaller amount of milk fat than other breeds. • Holsteins are black and white, and each has a unique pattern. • A Holstein calf weighs 80-110 lbs. at birth. • A mature Holstein cow weighs 1,300-1,500 lbs.

  8. Dairy Cattle for Meat?? • Dairy cattle also produce beef to eat. • About 25% of dairy cattle are culled each year. • Most veal comes from dairy calves that have been fed all-milk diets and slaughtered at a few months of age.

  9. Purpose of Dairy Cattle • Make use of resources that humans cannot use and to produce food that humans can use. • As ruminants, most of the feed energy consumed by dairy cows is from forages (hay, pasture, silage). • Dairy cows are very efficient at converting feed to usable products • Milk production is the most efficient conversion of feed to food by all of the common food-producing species.

  10. History of Dairy • Manufacturing of milk didn’t begin until after the civil war • Gail Borden patented condensed milk in 1856 • In 1864, Louis Pasteur discovered the microbiological fundamentals that would lead to the process of pasteurization • The first milking machine was assembled in 1903

  11. History of Dairy • Homogenized milk made its debut in 1919 • Artificial insemination began in dairy cattle in 1936 • Antibiotics were developed in the 40s and 50s, which allowed more animals to be kept in a smaller area • Milk production reached its peak in 1964 at 127 billion lbs. • The all-time high # of dairy cows was 27.8 million in 1945. #s have been declining ever since

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