Most dairy breeds produced between 5000 and 7000 pounds of milk per annum.
Not exact matches
Even under the best conditions on supposedly «humane» farms, the animals often come from
breeding facilities that kill the males by inhumane methods (egg hatcheries where
most laying hens come from) or the mothers are not allowed to do what comes naturally during pregnancy and their babies are taken away after a few days or less (as in the
dairy industry).
However, in
most parts of the world, conventional
dairying is associated with high levels of grain feeding, the use of cow
breeds which produce high milk volumes, and the application of large amounts of fertilizer («high input» farming), while organic
dairying is tied to pasture and forage feeding, lower amounts of fertilizer application, and the use of mixed or minority
breeds («low input»).
I have
bred many Kelpies and
most live on working ranches and
dairies here in Sonoma County, though one went to Nicaragua and another one went to Argentina.