Cows Create Careers 

Week One – The Dairy Industry

In Week One of the Cows Create Careers Program, students learnt all about the Dairy Industry. Here are some interesting statistics that the Year 3-6 students learnt this week! 

Did you know…

That 35% of Australian milk is exported overseas?

That the Australian Diary heard is roughly 1.4 million cows?

That the total annual milk production is 8,795 million litres?

That the average annual milk production per cow is 6,169 litres?

That dairy is Australia’s 4th largest rural industry?

That the average dairy herd size is 276 cows?

Students also learnt about rearing healthy calves. Here are some of the new information students learnt…