how much milk does one dairy cow produce in a day
Before modern milking machines, a farmer could milk about six cows by hand in one hour. Now, farmers can milk over 100 cows in an hour!Illinois has about 102,000 dairy cows that produce close to 2 billion pounds of milk a year. On aver-age, each cow produces enough milk to fill 125 glasses. Thatâs about 8 gallons per day! On the Road Special trucks haul the milk from the farm to the dairy plant.