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Did you know?

• The average cow weighs 1400 pounds.

• Cows produce 90% of the world's milk. The other 10% comes from milking water buffaloes, camels, goats, sheep, horses and reindeer.

• A cow's spots are like their fingerprints. No two cows have the same pattern.

• Cows are milked 310 days out of the year. The other two months they get "maternity leave" to save their strength for the birthing process of new calves.

• Just like humans, cows can not be milked until they have had a baby.

• A cow typically gives birth to it's first calf at 2 years of age and their gestation period is 9 months... just like humans.

• Until they give birth for the first time, the animals are technically called heifers. Once they have birthed a calf, they are then a "cow."

• An average cow produces 6 to 7 gallons of milk per day.

Good milk and cream make good ice cream - we love finding good local milk! Any more local milk suggestions or other agricultural trivia to share?

Related: Good Milk: Snowville Creamery

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