Milk Quality and Products

On average, a Holstein dairy cow will produce gallons of milk each day.

• 5 to 6

• 6 to 7

• 8 to 9

• 10 to 11

What was the total amount of indemnity payments made by the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program to producers in 2021?

• $990,000

• $1.2 million

• $1.2 billion

• $5.0 billion

What is the term that is an estimate of what it costs to transform milk into a finished dairy product like butter or cheese? These estimates are important because the values are used by USDA in setting the monthly minimum prices that regulated plants must pay for the components in your milk checks?

• Make allowance

• Cost analysis

• Dairy valuation

• Milk pricing

Which state recorded the largest percentage gain of milk production with an increase of 16.7% during 2021?

• California

• Wisconsin

• South Dakota

• Wyoming

Milk marketing cooperatives

• provide marketing power for dairy farmers.

• reduce the price of milk for consumers.

• eliminate the need for dairy farmers.

• increase competition among dairy farmers.

Milk from this species is the most widely consumed milk in the world?

• Goat

• Cow

• Sheep

• Camel

A recent survey conducted by Hoard's Dairyman reported that 55% of dairy farms feed waste milk to

• calves

• pigs

• chickens

• goats

Which country purchased the most dairy products from the United States during 2021?

• India

• Brazil

• China

• Mexico

Which was the top yogurt producing state in 2021?

• California

• New York

• Texas

• Florida

While there were significant disruptions in trade throughout 2021, total US dairy export value when compared to the dairy exports of 2020.

• grew by 10%

• grew by 18%

• remained the same

• decreased by 5%