California Dairy Industry
The California dairy industry is a significant part of the Agriculture in California, agricultural output of the state of California. Milk has the highest farm revenue among California agricultural commodities. California ranks first out of the fifty states in Dairy industry in the United States, dairy production. In 2020 the state had about 1,300 dairy farms and 1.727 million dairy cows. As of 2018, the state produced nearly 20 percent of all U.S. milk. History In 1769, the Spanish brought the first 200 cows to California. The cows provided them a source of meat and milk to make butter. The California gold rush fueled demand for dairy, which until then was scarce, expensive and shipped from the East coast or Chile. Thereafter dairy cows were imported. In 1857, the first commercial California dairy was founded and the leading dairy was located in Point Reyes, thanks to the first large scale dairy ranch operation by the Steele Brothers Dairy Ranches, Steele Brothers who bought an ...
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