milk production
Udder-to-bottle process
Milk production is the biological process by which mammary glands produce milk, or the agricultural industry built around it.
In farming contexts, it refers to dairy operations and their output: Global milk production has increased steadily over the past decade.
The term covers everything from a single cow's yield to national statistics on dairy output.
- lactationMammary gland secretion
- pasteurizationThermal pathogen elimination process
- colostrumInitial postpartum milk
- mammary glandsMilk-secreting organs
- sucklingUnweaned infant mammal
dairy farming · dairy cow · oxytocin · milking machines · udder · nursing · homogenization · breastfeeding · pump and dump · bulk tank · mastitis · breeding programs · growth hormones · gallon · butterfat · quality control · dairy · farm
- livestock sciencecattle breeding, livestock feed, dairy cattle, beef cattle, cattle ranching
- Dairy Cattledairy farm, udder, cow, milking, cream
- Alpine Farmingalpine meadows, dairy farming, pastures, chalets, cowbells
- farm statisticscrop loss, corn yield, farm loans, farm subsidies, farm wages
- agriculturefarms, crops, farm, farmers, farming
- dairybutter, cream, cheese, yogurt, sour cream
milk productionmeat production
Raising and processing livestock
egg production · wool production · slaughter · beef production · crop production