One fact I didn't note when looking at this report: more than 50 percent of total US production comes from dairies with more than 1,000 cows.
That's an amazing number--when I was growing up 50 cows seemed big, about all one person could handle with a bit of hired labor. While productivity has grown, I'm sure these dairies depend on hired hands, these days probably a lot of immigrants.
Also see the ERS page.
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