Holstein cows
Black-white dairy breed
Holstein cows are the black-and-white dairy cattle that dominate commercial milk production worldwide.
The breed originated in the Netherlands and northern Germany, selected over centuries for high milk yield.
Their distinctive spotted pattern makes them the iconic image of a dairy cow: Holstein cows grazing in the pasture.
- dairyMilk-based foods collectively
- dairy farmLivestock operation for milk
- milk productionYielding of dairy fluid
- blackDarkest possible hue
- whiteAbsence of pigment
black and white · spots · milk · udder · pasture · grazing · grass fed · chewing cud · barn · herd · calf · farmer · cow bell · cream · cheese · moo · bovine · cattle
- dairymilk, butter, cream, cheese, yogurt
- Dairy Farmdairy farms, milking parlors, milking machines, creameries, cheese factories
- Rural Americafarm, barns, heartland, countryside, Midwest
- North GermanyHamburg, North Sea, Friesland, marshland, tidal flat