Over the past 50 years, the number of diary cows in the US has plummeted dramatically. How does that affect milk production. Taylor Morgan has the surprising answer.
Over the past 50 years, the number of diary cows in the US has plummeted dramatically. How does that affect milk production. Taylor Morgan has the surprising answer.
Over the past 50 years, the number of diary cows in the US has plummeted dramatically. How does that affect milk production. Taylor Morgan has the surprising answer.
Over the past 50 years, the number of diary cows in the US has plummeted dramatically. How does that affect milk production. Taylor Morgan has the surprising answer.
9.3 million cows in 2000 Antibiotics are used to prevent the 25% frequen- cy increase of mastisis (bacterial utter infec- tion). Other side effects include a risk of lame- ness and unusually high birth defect rates in their offspring. Bacterium Natural Cow DNA Man-made hormone given to cow allowing it to produce more milk. Amount of milk the cows produces is increased by 10% to 15%. Oh no! Oh yeah! The engineered bacteria is then fermented in a vat where it multiplies. 1974 Voluntary nutrition labeling on fluid milk begins after the FDA advises for all foods to have nutrition labels. 1960 Surge Milker Machines are introduced to farms. 1966 The Child Nutrition Act of 1966, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, authorizes the Special Milk Program (SMP) and provides milk to children in schools and child care facilities at low or no charge. 1990 U.S. Congress passed the Fluid Milk Promotion Act to promote the sale of milk and to allow collective, producer financed, generic milk advertising. 1980 Selective breeding by looking at DNA coding sequences and selecting favored genes allows . 1993 The FDA approved genetically engineered Artificial Bovine Growth Hormone (rBST, rBGH, BGH) for commercial use in the United States. Time (Year) M i l k C o w s ( T h o u s a n d H e a d ) 12,000 11,500 9,000 9,500 10,000 10,500 11,000 Volume Fluid Milk Processed by Commercial Processors (Million Pounds Processed) 8.8 23.6 50.1 93.9 143.2 Whats up with rBGH/ rBST? Milk and Cows Over Time For the past few decades the number of U.S. cows used by the dairy industry has been on a down fall, however the amount of dairy produced has been on the rise. In the chart below, each cow shown represents on million cows in the United States. Recombaint bovine growth hormone or recombinant bovine somatotropin is a genetically engineered hormone used increase milk production in cows. A common concern is that the hormones caused numerous health concerns. Many Americans look to rBGH/ rBST free labeling on products to avoid the those problems. How Its Made U.S. Department of Agriculture, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy Historical Timeline, Milk, ProCon / National Agriculture Statistics Service, Dairy Products Annual Summary Mindfully Tillamook, Milk and GMO Hormones Grace Communications Foundation, rBGH Center for Food Safety, About rBGH 2 0 0 0 1 9 9 0 1 9 7 0 1 9 8 0 1 9 6 0 Created by Taylor Morgan