Dairy Management and Production

The question is a lot like asking how much a car costs. The cost varies considerably based on your location, the breed, weight and age of the cow. But you can look to pay between $700 and $1000 for a decent quality milk cow.

It has calcium with makes your bones,nails and hair healthy.

No, kittens or adult cats should never be given cow's milk. Cats cannot digest the lactose found in cow's milk very well, and some can develop diarrhoea after ingesting it. This can be particularly risky in younger kittens, as diarrhoea can cause it to dehydrate quickly, which can be fatal if not treated quickly.

A much safer alternative is goat's milk or specially formulated cat or kitten milk that can be found from most pet stores and superstores.

That depends on the kind of chocolate milk you get. But, 1 cup of milk has 12 grams of natural sugars, any additional sugar has been added and is most likely just everyday table sugar.

Cows don't laugh.

They're cold-hearted animals.

15 years ago we had a average milk cow, I for get the bread, that produced 4 gal. per day.

Wow there is many answers to this question :0 But I think most likely it was a farmer or a wild animal trainer (yes those are real things) Bathing a cow and it happend to be discovered We all wash there! Hope this helped

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Hershey's uses about 300,000-350,000 gallons of milk a day.

Cream can be separated from milk by either centrifuging or by allowing whole milk to stand. Both methods work on the principle that cream is lighter than milk.
Because cream is lighter than milk, it rises to the top when the milk is allowed to stand. The cream can then be removed by skimming the top layer off.

This all depends on what that "cow" is being fed for. Since most everyone likes to refer to "cows" as a general term for a bovine of any age, sex, and use, this question will have to be answered as such.

Usually, in most cases when trying to increase weight on a bovine like a heifer or a bull, but do not want to feed so much that they are gaining weight too quickly, thus putting too much fat on them which would impede their breeding ability, then it's best to feed only 1% of their body weight per day, as-fed. This amount also goes for feeding cows (and I'm referring to those mature females that have had at least 2 calves) that are also needing to gain weight for the next calving, or are being fed grain because the hay is of poor quality and they are in need of supplementation; or that the cows simply cannot live off of hay or grass alone and require supplementation anyway--this depends on breed. Remember, when feeding grain to animals like those described in this paragraph, always make sure they have a roughage source as their main feed source.

When feeding calves that are growing and being used for beef, like in pre-weaning operations or backgrounding operations, cattle should be fed corn at 2% of their body weight per day as an as-fed ration. This is so that it encourages higher weaning weights, boosts growth rates and ADG (average daily gain), and meets their energy and protein requirements so they can grow to healthy, "soggy" calves. Again, grain should not be fed in these types of operations as a sole food source; they should be fed hay or allowed to graze on pasture in addition to the grain supplementation.

When finishing cattle, some producers like to increase the average daily intake of corn to 3% of the animal's body weight per day as-fed. Some may want to feed corn as a 85%-grain-25%-roughage diet to increase weight quickly and put more marbling on the finishers, depending on what the market demands for the type of beef cattle they produce/sell, or what their customers want when selling beef through direct sales. Others would finish an animal at this rate but have the animal eat hay or graze grass ad libitum (free choice) to make the beef more flavourful and not so bland and fatty if they were fed just grain the last 3 to 4 weeks prior to slaughter. Other producers would keep the grain intake at only 2% or 2.5% of the animals' body weight per day, as-fed; some not at all.

The main rule of thumb though, when feeding cattle grain, is to feed them according to the reason you want to feed them grain. Thin cows require more supplementation than normally conditioned or fat cows. Heifers and bulls that are underweight need supplementation. Lactating cows require supplementation if they're lactating at a time when grass won't provide enough nutrition for them or when there's no grass at all. Dry pregnant cows don't require the amount of supplementation that growing animals or lactating cows do. Growing animals like young calves, pre-weaned calves, weaners that are being backgrounded, feeder calves, etc., require some form of supplementation to help increase weight gain and ADG. Breed also plays a huge role in determining whether feeding grain is necessary. For all cows that are requiring weight gain or are needing extra supplementation for lactation, feed only 1% of their body weight, as-fed, per day.

There is no use doing this because all breeds will lactate for the same amount of time, being around 6 to 10 months on average. Most dairy breeds, especially Holstein and Jersey, will most often go 10 months or more in their lactation, whereas beef breeds stay in that particular time period. Many other not-so-popular dairy breeds also tend to stick to the 10-month lactation period, such as Canadiennes, Dutch Belted, Angeln, Normande and others. Beef breeds include Brahman, Nelore, Guzerat, Charolais, Angus, Hereford, Gelbvieh, Shorthorn and others.

Farmers do not pasteurize milk. That is done by the milk processors who receive milk from the farmer. Milk is pasteurized by raising it to a high temperature for a short time, thus killing many of the bacteria that would otherwise cause it to spoil more quickly or to sicken the consumer.

The cow does not have cow chops cut from its meat because of the size of the steaks that can be taken from the cow. A chop would infer a smaller size. That is why they are called steaks on a cow and not chops.

They do not, they are of the reptilion species. Mammals are a specimen of animals that produce milk.

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yes as a matter of fact goats milk has a lot of health benefits it is the closest thing to mothers milk for baby's, if you are lactose and tolerant most people can drink it, it helps you loose weight, it helps improve brain cells and it is great for digestion and stomach problems

Dairy males are called bulls if intact and steers if castrated.

Those who own the cow and is responsible for the primary care of that cow. This can be the farmer or the hired hand, or both.

Nobody invented milk from cows. Milk is a natural substance that has existed for millennia that is used as a form of nutrition for young growing animals. Humans have just manipulated the cow through artificial selection so that she can produce more milk than what her offspring requires.

Answer: None. No milk can produce a cow. But, a cow can produce milk, and depending on the breed! A cow can produce anywhere from 10 to 20 pounds of milk per day (typical beef breeds) to over 40 pounds (typical dairy breeds like the Holstein).

In the UK a gallon or 8 pints of milk can be bought in most supermarkets for £2, this is the retail price for 2 x 4 pint containers, if you buy smaller quantities it will usually cost much more e.g. 49p a pint which works out to £3.92 per gallon. (Price correct as at March 2014)

The majority of cows don't, actually. Rarely do you ever see such a thing occur, as recorded by those who post such a thing on YouTube. It's rare because it's not noticed by most people (unlike those few who recorded it and posted it to YouTube, making everyone think that it may be common). It's not really a natural thing for any animal to do, since the milk from their udders are reserved for their young, not themselves. However, those that do drink from their own udders (and can only do so laying recumbant, not standing) is possibly because the udder is irritating them due to its fullness and they need to find some sort of relief to release this tension. Yet a cow that has mastitis would also find her udder to be irritating to them, and drinking the milk from an infected udder would not only be hurting herself which she doesn't like, but the milk itself wouldn't be tasting very good either!

The problem with the above possibility, though, is that most cows that suckle from their own udder are not suffering from a full udder, but rather from a behavioural condition called stereotypie or a behavior abnormality. Most dairy cows are confined to a barn or stall and not allowed to fully express themselves as cows. Because of this, they develop behavioural abnormalities that are really difficult to curb. In horses, for example, common stereotypies are cribbing and weaving. In dairy cows, stereotypies may possibly include suckling their own udder, even when it's not full. However I say "possibly" because it's really not known why cows do this due to the fact that stereotypies in cows have not been studied as extensively as in other animals like horses, dogs and cats, and because this condition is considered rare, rare enough to have most people deny such a thing.

They all do, however the breeds of goats used for the production of milk are: Alpine, LaMancha, Nubian, Saanen, Toggenburg, and Oberhasli. All breeds of sheep can be used for milk production, the most common are: East Frisian, Milksheep, and Dorsets.

Well if the cow is finished milking (not forever) it is moved into a field with other cows of its type. The cow is then called a dry cow. For a short period of time the cow will still be dry then when it breeds with the bull it takes a while for the calf to be born. When the calf is born the farmer lets the calf drink the first milk and then takes the calf away from the mother and the cow is taken back to the milking parlour for a furthor 7 months.

If the cow is too old to have a calf, then the cow is no use to the farm any more, it is sent away to the factory and killed and then eaten.