Explain the milk industry

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• Cows have to be pregnant to produce.
• Cows produce milk for up to 10-12 months after having a baby.
• Every year, dairy cows are impregnated again so they continue to produce milk.
• Baby cows (calfs) are taken away from their mother within a few days of being born.
  • Male cows are not useful to milk farmers so they are sent to slaughtered to become veal.
  • Some female cows are kept for replacing older dairy cows. Excess female calfs are sent to be slaughtered to become veal.
• Dairy cows = After 4 years, they cannot produce as much milk so they are sent for slaughter to become beef.

https://woodstocksanctuary.org/learn/animals-used-for-food/cows-for-dairy/

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A normal cow life span is around 20 years.

In summary: all cows in the diary industry die somewhere between hours or 4 years at most.

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A single human eats 2.5 kg of food each day on average.

https://findanyanswer.com/how-much-food-is-eaten-in-a-day-in-the-world

A single dairy cow eats 50 kg of food each day on average.

https://bcdairy.ca/milk/articles/how-a-cow-makes-milk

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1/3 of the food from 1st world nations is wasted. That waste is enough to end world hunger. Not feeding cows as part of the industry would provide a huge surplus of food.

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1MQ2B9

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Over 20% of all beef is from dairy cows.

https://www.wlj.net/markets/beef-contribution-in-2018-from-dairy-cattle/article_bc27bb7e-6ce9-11e9-b762-ab7e36956460.html