dairy production

Cheese and butter

Dairy production is the agricultural industry and processes involved in obtaining milk from livestock—primarily cows, but also goats, sheep, and buffalo—and converting it into consumable products.

The term covers everything from farm-level animal husbandry to industrial-scale manufacturing of milk, cheese, butter, yogurt, and other dairy goods: The region's economy depends heavily on dairy production.

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pasteurization · farming · milking machine · pulsator · milk pail · sheep · buffalo · fermentation · lactation · cold chain logistics · casein · churning · whey · homogenization · shelf life · grade A · stripping · butterfat

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animal product type

dairy productionmeat processing

Preparing animal flesh commercially

meat production · beef production · poultry production · pork production · butchery

food source origin

dairy productioncrop farming

Growing plants for harvest

grain production · vegetable farming · fruit cultivation · horticulture

Family

production, dairy

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