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:

• 1st in Swiss cheese production
• 4th in low fat cottage cheese production
• 5th in total number of manufacturing plants
• 5th  in ice cream production
• 10th in all cheese production
• 10th in number of dairy cows
• 11th in amount of milk produced

Dairy per capita consumption:   604 lbs of milk equivalent pounds

Ohio total dairy consumption:  7 billion lbs