Iowa Dairy Facts

• IOWA RANKS
  • 12th in Total Pounds of Milk Produced
  • 12th in Number of Dairy Herds
  • 11th in Milk Cow Numbers
  • 9th in Production Per Cow
  • 9th in Fluid Milk Bottling
  • 8th in Total Dairy Products Processed
  • 7th in Cheese Production
  • 6th in Cottage Cheese Production
  • 6th in Production of American Cheese
  • 4th in Ice Cream production

• IOWA'S DAIRY INDUSTRY
  • 4.1 BILLION pounds of milk were produced in Iowa in 2006
  • 205,000 milk cows are in Iowa
  • The annual average milk produced per Iowa cow is 20,146
  • Iowa is home to over 2000 dairy cow farms
  • Iowa is home to over 125 dairy goat farms
  • Provides more than 26,000 jobs - including jobs on dairy farms, by dairy processors, and other services that benefit and aid the dairy industry
  • Annually contributes, in an excess of $1.5 billion to Iowa's economy

• Iowa Milk: Production, Disposition, and Income
• Iowa Milk Cows: Number and Production
• Dairy: Manufactured Products – Total Cheese, Cottage Cheese Curd

Des Moines, Iowa is the NUMBER ONE city per capita in the consumption of milk!

Iowa's Dairy Princess

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