There are just over 3 million.
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Both (they drink milk there as well as eat beef) but there are more beef cattle.
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fun facts about dairy cows
Angus cows are beef cows, not dairy cows. Holsteins are dairy cows, not beef cows, which is where we get the majority of our milk from.
About 100-125 head cows and calves
There are about 9 million dairy cows in the United States. Dairy cows can make a lot more milk than in the past. In the 1940's there were 25 million cows.
Nearly 10 million
1998 there were just over 26.7 million cattle in Australia, and about three million of these were dairy cattle, with the remaining being beef cattle. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in June 2004, these figures had not changed a great deal. Beef cattle numbers were still about 23.3 million.
You don't have to have dairy cows if you are not wanting to make money off of producing milk or want to have milk for yourself and your family. The only time you have to have dairy cows is if you are getting into a dairy operation.
Many different products come from dairy cows. Ten things that come from dairy cows is yogurt, milk, pudding, cheese, ice cream, ricotta cheese, butter, cottage cheese, and cream cheese.