Dairy herds consist of cows which produce large volumes of milk. The most common dairy breed is the Holstein, the black and white cows often seen in pastures.
Cows are mammals and like all mammals produce milk for their young.
This is the milk we get from cows. Most of the dairy herds are in the Lower Mainland, southeastern Vancouver Island, and north Okanagan-Shuswap area. About 842 dairy farms produce an annual volume of over 570 million litres a year. The average herd size is 80 cows plus additional replacement calves and heifers. The average cow on test produces 29L of milk a day and is milked for 10 months a year, which equals 8839 litres of milk per year per cow.