Dairy Cows

Dairy cows, also popularly referred to as dairy cattle, are the most popular types of cows kept by countless farms all over the world, kept for their “utility” aspect defined in their capacity to produce milk.

Though not always featured to play vital roles in children-themed stories, dairy cows were the central characters in the 2004 Disney animated feature Home on the Range, putting the traditionally side-line character of dairy cows aside, contributing to the increasing popularity of dairy cows as mainstay characters in various family features, stories and movies.

Dairy Cows are essentially no different from any other type of cow, only distinct in the sense that they are capable of producing large quantities of milk. Also known as milk cows, advances in cattle breeding science has helped breed milk cows which are more capable of producing more quantities of milk. Generally, they are also easier to handle in certain enclosures and homestead conditions.

In reinforcing their capacity to produce milk, dairy cows need to be bred in order for them to give birth to calves, which would lead their biological status into producing more milk. If left to live out their natural life-cycles, dairy cows could live as long as 20 years.

In most cases, dairy cows whose owners can no longer maintain or keep them due to their inability to produce milk are sold as “meat” or “beef” cows, something which male cows are mostly subjected to more regularly than female cows.

Though there are cows known as “dairy bulls” – whose role is to be bred with dairy cows on a regular frequencies – a number of male calves are typically sold for their meat and food commodity value.

Far from being kept as pets, dairy cows are mostly kept for their milk producing capacities, with an economic and market value that is quite high in the farming and agriculture industries.

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