Dairy Cattle Trivia

• The average U.S. dairy cow produces 22.5 quarts of milk each day. That's about 16,000 glasses of milk per year - enough for about 40 people.

• Milk and other dairy products supply 70% of the calcium in the U.S. food supply.

• Straight from the cow, the temperature of cow's milk is about 97 degrees Fahrenheit.

• It takes 4.65 quarts of milk to make a pound of cheese.

• Dairy cows produce the most milk of any mammal in the world.

• The milk bottle was invented in 1884 by Dr. Hervey D. Thatcher, Potsdam, New York.

• Wisconsin and California lead the United States in milk production.

• A typical dairy cow produces 40 pounds of milk per day.

• The nation that achieves the highest milk production per cow is Japan. Japan's cows average 17,500 pounds of milk a year compared to the more than 16,000 pounds per cow per year produced by dairy cows in the United States.

• A dairy cow drinks 20-50 gallons of water a day - about as much as a full bathtub.