Adults on a reduced calorie diet who ate 3-4 servings of lowfat dairy foods lost more weight than those dieting and not consuming dairy.
So I decided to look at just milk consumption today, and put it in the perspective of what one cow averages per milking, per day and per year on our farm. A serving of milk is 8 oz., so to meet the recommended nutritional needs by only drinking milk, three 8 oz. glasses should be drank a day. It is true that milk does a body good, providing nine essential nutrients, including calcium for strong bone health.
Our cows are milked at 4:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. every day. If I look at just one of our 175 cows, she averages 40 pounds of milk per milking for a total of 80 pounds per day. A cow usually is producing milk 305 days a year. So she would produce 24,400 pounds per year.
So what does this all mean? Let’s convert the pounds produced above into 8 oz. glasses of milk.
One Cow:
40 pounds per milking = 74 glasses of milk
80 pounds per day = 149 glasses of milk
24,400 pounds per year = 45,395 glasses of milk
Now that is amazing that one cow can provide 45,395 servings of milk per year! I know one thing’s for sure; milk is a major staple in our home, especially for our young, growing son. How many of you have ever made a special trip to the grocery store to get lettuce? How many of you make a special trip to the grocery store to get milk? I know when I’m planning out our grocery shopping trips, it has more to do with when we’ll need milk again.
A glass of milk
A glass of milk overlooking our farm
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Once our bulk tank is empty, the driver takes the milk only ten miles away to be made into yummy and nutritious dairy products, like parmesan cheese!
Meyer Dairy 