Ohio Dairy Statistics
Dairy Farms: 2,948
Milking Cows: 268,000 head Average Herd Size: 86 cows Average Production p/ Cow: 19,187 lbs/year or 2,257 gallons/year Milk Produced: 5.14 billion lbs or 605 million gallons Estimated Gross Receipts: $683 million Generated Economic Impact: about $4.2 billion Jobs: 14,350 jobs created |
Number of Processing/Receiving Plants: 106
Ohio Ranks Nationally:
Dairy per capita consumption: 604 lbs of milk equivalent pounds Ohio total dairy consumption: 7 billion lbs |