How many dairies in your state?

[cowgirl_up_47]

Dairy stats for Oregon

350 dairy farm families
120,00 dairy cows
average farm size= 300 acres
each farm has approx. 450 dairy animals
approx 70% of these are Holstein, 20% Jersey and 5% other breeds
Average milk production per cow annually is 19,000 pounds

 

[TexasBred]

TN..I looked it up...in 1995 Tennessee had 1300 dairies...in 2007 they had less than 600 and still falling. Cheap milk, high price feed...environment....taking a heavy toll.