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Purpose of the dairy industry |
To make use of resources that humans cannot use and to produce food that humans can use. |
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Besides milk what are three other products produced by the dairy industry. |
Cheese, butter, ice cream and evaporated and condensed milk. |
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What is the number one state for milk production? |
California |
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List and briefly describe the 9 stages of milk production. |
1. Bring cows up to the parlor. 2. Pre dipping to kill bacteria on teat. 3. Dry teat so iodine solution doe not go into milk. 4. Foremilk stripping, check for mastitis. 5. Apply machine to teat. 6. Detach machine form teat. 7. Post dip, iodine coating on teat to prevent mastitis. 8. Sanitize. 9. Post milking cow mangement. Includes feeding, watering, and exercise. |
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How many days out of the year can a cow produce milk and how many gallons can they produce? |
305 days, 8 gallons. |
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Holstein |
Most popular dairy breed. Heavy milk producers. |
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Jersey |
Produces more pounds of milk per body weight than other dairy breeds. |
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Guernsey |
Yellow coloring milk. And beef looking. |
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Brown swiss |
Looks like a jersey but big like a holstein. Oldest breed, made the holstein and jersey. |
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Ayrshire |
Purebred and are red and white. |
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How much do dairy products provide of all yearly cash receipts from agriculture? |
10% |
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Today dairy products provide approximately 10% of all yearly cash receipts from agriculture, this amounts to? |
$40 billion |
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Cows give birth after how many months? |
9 |
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Cows can produce milk from ___ to ___ year. |
8 to 10 |
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Milk production is the most efficient in what? |
Conversion of feed to food out of all the common food producing species. |
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Columbus brought animals in what year? |
1493 |
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How many hours are cows in labor for? |
10-16 hours |
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