Milk Production

Annual dairy production for some cows.
Cow Pounds of Milk % Fat % Protein
Ayrshire 14,179 3.92 3.39
British White 7,000 4 -
Brown Swiss 14,743 4.02 3.57
Canadienne 10,052 4.21 3.6
Danish Red 13,800 4.2 -
Dexter 3,000 4 -
Gelbvieh 8,800 4 -
Guernsey 12,935 4.55 3.56
Holstein 18,796 3.64 3.19
Jersey 12,699 4.76 3.80
Maine-Anjou 5,000 3.7 -
Meuse Rhine Yssel 13,000 4.25 3.49
Milking Shorthorn 13,264 3.60 3.33
Mixed 15,112 3.79 3.32
Normande 11,023 4.3 3.5
Norwegian Red 12,800 - -
Piedmont 6,800 - -
Pinzgauer 6,000 4 -
Red Poll 10,000 3.9 -
Red & White Holstein 17,418 3.73 3.21
Simmental 8,000 4 -
South Devon 8,000 4 -
Tarentaise 8,000 3.66 -

World Record Cow

Raim Mark Jinx of Raim Dairy Cedaredge Colorado
60,440 pounds in 365 days with 3.2 and 3.1 percentage of fat and protein.


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