Dairy Cattle Production (95313, 95314) Instructor: Dr Jihad Abdallah Topic 1: Status and importance of world and local dairy production

World Milk Production FAO data shows that: World cow's milk production in 2010 stood at nearly 600 million tonnes, The top ten producing countries account for 55.7% of production. The USA is the largest cow's milk producer in the world accounting for 14.6% of world production, producing over 87 million tonnes in 2010. India is the second largest cow's milk producer, accounting for 8.4% of world production and producing over 50 million tonnes in 2010

World Top 10 Cow's Milk Producing Countries in 2010 (Tonnes)   2008 2009 2010 USA 86,177,400 85,880,500 87,461,300 India 47,006,000 47825000 50,300,000 China 35,873,807 35,509,831 36,022,650 Russian Federation 32,110,700 32,325,800 31,895,100 Brazil 28,440,500 30007800 31,667,600 Germany 28,656,300 29,198,700 29,628,900 France 23,564,900 22,653,100 23,301,200 New Zealand 15,216,800 15,667,400 17,010,500 UK 13,719,000 13,236,500 13,960,000 Turkey 11,255,200 11,583,300 12,480,100 World 583,135,236 586,239,893 599,615,097

Total milk production and consumption (in tonnes) in some countries Country TMC TMP TMP Cows Palestine 197,498 (49.17 kg/capita) 145,829 65.1% Israel 1,236,177 (178.3 kg/capita) 1,317,392 96.9% Jordan 523,400 (88 kg/capita) 319,440 76.6% Sudan 7,428,003 (180.7 kg/capita) 71.7%

Milk production per cow in USA:

Milk fat production per cow in USA:

Cow milk production in the World ('000 Tons) Country 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 ±% on 2009 Europe EU-27 149.546 150.062 150.139 147.987 149.002 148.360 147.990 148.459 146.190 147.300 +0,76% Europe other 60.914 62.249 61.388 60.856 60.615 60.641 60.658 60.720 61.076 60.223 -1,40% Northern America 83.100 85.104 85.023 85.440 88.060 90.504 92.334 94.317 94.094 95.704 +1,71% Central South America and the Caribbean 60.157 63.110 62.989 64.801 68.060 70.940 70.664 76.118 77.677 80.520 +3,66% Oceania 23.733 25.203 24.743 25.164 24.830 25.327 25.268 24.507 25.123 26.103 +3,90% Asia 66.368 66.567 69.894 72.991 76.907 80.813 85.450 89.923 92.142 96.528 +4,76% Southeast Asia 23.042 26.200 30.842 35.959 40.954 45.299 48.454 48.982 48.918 49.250 +0,68% Asia Middle East 8.957 9.374 9.174 10.537 10.787 11.484 11.602 11.505 12.199 12.061 -1,13% Africa 21.088 22.490 23.546 23.348 23.861 25.014 28.479 28.719 29.053 31.749 +9,28% World 496.905 510.360 517.738 527.084 543.076 558.383 570.899 583.250 586.471 599.438 ± % on the previous year +2,71 +1,45 +1,81 +3,03 +2,82 +2,24 +2,16 +0,55 +2,21

World dairy cattle numbers FAO estimates: 265 million Dairy cows in 2010 (an increase of 10 million (4.1%) compared to 2009 . Approximately 55% of the world's dairy cows were held by the top 10 cuntries. India is the largest holder of dairy cattle with an estimated 43.6 million heads for 2010.     

Countries by Cow Numbers   2008 2009 (Estimates) 2010 (Estimates) 1 India 38,838,000 38,928,000 43,600,000 2 Brazil 21,585,300 22,435,300 22,924,900 3 Sudan 14,561,000 14,662,000 14,968,800 4 China 12,388,123 12,242,583 12,503,190 5 Pakistan 9,390,000 9,744,000 10,100,000 6 Kenya 7,200,000 7,330,000 9,350,000 7 United States of America 9,315,000 9,203,000 9,117,000 8 Russian Federation 8,928,440 8,740,970 9,022,000 9 United Republic of Tanzania 6,500,000 6,800,000 6,900,000 10 Ethiopia 6,400,000 6,604,300 World  250,334,211 254,223,723 264,565,949

In Palestine According to the 2010 agricultural census (PCBS, 2011): Number of cows: 33 925 heads (24 290 in the West Bank and 9635 in Gaza) 24.9% of cows in in Hebron and only 1.1% in Jerusalem Breeds: - Holstein: 59.7% - Baladi: 9.2% - Crosses: 13.6% - Other: 7.5%