Inside Milk
Denmark has highest production per cow
The highest milk production per cow in 2018 was found in Denmark, according to new figures from ZuivelNL and IFCN. An average dairy farm in the Netherlands can also keep up with it, because our country shares third place with France.
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The average milk production per cow in 2018 in Denmark was 10.900 kilos. The country thus has the highest milk production of all major dairy countries. The United States is in second place, with an average production per cow of 10.700 kilos. In that country, the state of California in particular plays a major role in the figures. Third place is shared by France and the Netherlands, with a production of 9.200 kilos per cow.
Milk production in Denmark, the Netherlands and France is quite high if only milk production in the European Union is taken into account. If we look at the rest of Europe, the figures are falling sharply. The average production per cow on an average dairy farm in Germany is 8.000 kilos. This figure is lowest in Ireland and Poland: just under 6.000 kilos per cow.
Lower production outside Europe
Milk production per cow is on average much lower in the most important dairy countries outside the European Union. In Australia that figure amounts to 6.000 kilos per cow, while the average production per cow in Argentina does not exceed 5.000 kilos. In New Zealand, the average production per cow is the lowest of all countries, namely 4.500 kilos.
