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What Dairy Farmers Bring to Pennsylvania. PA’s Dairy Industry. 8,500 dairy farms 550,000 cows 10.7 billion pounds of milk produced annually Ranked 5 th nationally in total milk production. PA’s Dairy Industry. 99 percent of farms family-owned and operated - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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What Dairy What Dairy Farmers Bring to Farmers Bring to
PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
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PA’s Dairy Industry
8,500 dairy farms 550,000 cows 10.7 billion
pounds of milk produced annually
Ranked 5th nationally in total milk production
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PA’s Dairy Industry
99 percent of farms family-owned and operated
Dairies across the Commonwealth are growing to accommodate growing families and the next generation
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What’s It Worth to PA?
$1.2 billion in farm receipts
$4.2 billion dollars for the economy
40,000 jobs throughout the Commonwealth and across the supply chain
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What’s It Worth to PA?
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Dairy is worth more to PA than Oranges are to Florida and Potatoes are to Idaho.
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Dairy Producers are:
Dedicated to the care and
well-being of their animals
Committed to producing fresh, wholesome, quality milk
Responsible stewards of the land and natural resources
Vital contributors to the local community and its economy
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Dedicated to Animal Care: All dairy farmers care about
their cows The average dairy cow is
capable of producing 120 glasses of milk a day
A cow must be healthy and content to produce quality milk
Farmers make sure their cows get:─ A well-balanced diet &
a constant fresh supply of water
─ Regularly veterinary care─ A clean, comfort place to live
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Dairy farmers work with others to give their animals the best care possible
Veterinarians & nutritionists two examples
Dedicated to Animal Care:
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Committed to Quality Milk Healthy cows give quality
milk
Cows’ udders are sanitized before milking and protected after milking
Human hands never touch the milk
All milk is tested multiple times to ensure that no antibiotics or any other harmful residues enter the milk supply
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Committed to Quality Milk Dairy producers
work closely with milk processors and state / federal inspectors to ensure a safe milk supply
Typically milk enters the food supply within three days of being produced
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Committed to Quality Milk Pennsylvania located within ½
days’ drive from 40 percent of population
Milk from Pennsylvania is shipped to dairy plants up and down East Coast
Milk made into fluid products, cheese, butter, ice cream, powder products, baby formula and even chocolate
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Committed to Quality Milk Milk and dairy
products are an important part of a healthy diet
Dairy products provide calcium and eight other essential nutrients
The USDA’s Food Guide Pyramid calls for Americans to get 3-A-Day of dairy
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Contributor to Economy As the milk
flows out, money flows back into thelocal community
85 percentspent within local community
Circulates 2.5 times to increasethe total impact
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Contributor to Economy Average 70-
cow dairy contributes nearly $1 million to local economy
500-cow dairy contributes nearly $7 million for local economy
Each cow = $13,737 for the economy
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Contributor to Economy
Every Nine Cows = One Job
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Responsible to Environment: Farmers care about
the communities where they live and work
Their farms provide wide open spaces for the local community
They take good care of the land to preserve their future and ours
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Responsible to Environment: Use sound environ-
mental practices like no-till farming and rotational grazing to take care of land and natural resources
Recycle nutrients in the water and in manure to benefit the environment
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Dairy Farmers are:
Dedicated
Responsible
Conscientious
Neighborly
A Vital Part ofPennsylvania’sEconomy and Our Communities
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