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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

Contact us
Ohio Dairy Foods Association
1335 Dublin Rd., Suite 207B
Columbus, OH  43215
TEL:  614-326-6433
FAX:  614 441-4292

Kristin Mullins, Executive Director