While the report claims that European
dairy herd sizes are already beginning to decline, genetic improvements and higher cow yields have all been found to result from current market policy.
California reported
a dairy herd size of 1.7 million animals, followed by Wisconsin at 1.3 million.
Not exact matches
The number of
dairy farms has more than halved in the past 25 years and the average
herd size has gone up from 85 cows in 1980 to 215 in 2008.