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Global milk production has increased rapidly over the past 50 years. According to Our World in Data, global milk production has nearly tripled since 1961, reaching around 930 million tonnes in 2022. The most popular milk is cow milk, followed by buffalo milk, goat milk, sheep milk and camel milk.
A rotary milking parlor at a modern dairy facility in Germany Dairy farm near Bangor, Wisconsin. Dairy farming is a class of agriculture for the long-term production of milk, which is processed (either on the farm or at a dairy plant, either of which may be called a dairy) for the eventual sale of a dairy product.
In 2011, dairy farms produced around 730 million tonnes (800 million short tons) of milk [5] from 260 million dairy cows. [6] India is the world's largest producer of milk and the leading exporter of skimmed milk powder. [7] [8] New Zealand, Germany, and the Netherlands are the largest exporters of milk products. [9]
Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat. Products with more evenly distributed production see more frequent changes in the ranking of the top producers.
Largest dairy companies by dairy revenue (FY 2020) [2] Rank Company Headquarters Dairy product revenue in bn. US$ 1 Nestlé Switzerland: 23.0 2 Lactalis France: 21.0 3 Dairy Farmers of America United States: 19.0 4 Danone France: 17.3 5 Yili Group China: 13.8 6 Fonterra New Zealand: 13.6 7 FrieslandCampina Netherlands: 12.7 8 Arla Foods Denmark ...
Rank Change in rank 2013/2007 Country Milk consumption 2013 (kg/capita/yr) [1] Milk consumption 2007 (kg/capita/yr) [2] 1 Finland 430.76 361.19 2 4 Montenegro 349.21 305.87
In 2017, world production of whole, fresh camel milk was 2.85 million tonnes, led by Somalia and Kenya with 64% of the global total (table).
Terminology differs between countries. In the United States, for example, an entire dairy farm is commonly called a "dairy".The building or farm area where milk is harvested from the cow is often called a "milking parlor" or "parlor", except in the case of smaller dairies, where cows are often put on pasture, and usually milked in "stanchion barns".