Source:  NCSU COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, 4/27/21

Got milk? In North Carolina, yes, we do! About 900 million pounds of it annually, in fact. This is a very important statistic given that it takes 25 pounds of whole milk to produce just 1 gallon of ice cream.

North Carolina produces nearly 1 billion pounds of milk each year

Most of the dairy farms in North Carolina are family-owned and operated farms. These farm families often care for more than 300 milk cows, with each cow producing 8 gallons of milk per day. The dairy industry in our state is a thriving business, with milk and milk products contributing around $200 million in farm gate receipts annually.

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