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Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience and security. Farmed animals Cows Dairy cows Veal calves. About dairy cows. Read more. Welfare issues for dairy cows The majority of US dairy cows are kept without access to pasture all year. Higher welfare for dairy cows Find out about the systems that take into account the welfare of the cow.
How can I help? We aim to respond to all queries within two working days. However, due to the high volume of correspondence that we receive, it may occasionally take a little longer. Please do bear with us if this is the case. Standard intenstive milk production. Dairy cows tend to: Be high-yielding breeds such as Holstein-Friesians , which has resulted in a dramatic increase in milk production in recent decades and increased the reliance on concentrate feeds.
Produce a massive amount of milk. Whereas a beef-suckler cow would naturally produce around 4 litres of milk per day, a dairy cow will produce an average of 28 litres per day over a period of 10 months. During peak lactation, a high-yielding cow may produce as much as 60 litres per day and up to 12, litres over her whole lactation. Learn more about Kaci. Subscribe to e-news.
Skip to main content. Sunday, August 1, Holstein — The Classics When you think of a dairy cow, you probably picture a black-and-white Holstein.
Jersey — The Little Beauties Jersey cows are a smaller breed, with soft brown hair and great big beautiful eyes. Milking Shorthorn — The Pioneers Milking Shorthorns are known for being efficient grazers that are easy to manage, which may be why they became world travelers early on; they were the first dairy cows brought to America, New Zealand and Australia. Learn more about the LegenDairy Cow with this interactive game. By Kaci McClatchy Creel.
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