It is easy to ignore the influence dairy production has in our world. The infographic here shows how many people are involved in dairy enterprises. It is worthwhile information.
Source: Dairy Herd Management, July 2016, page 6.
- 6 billion of the 7.4 billion people in the world consume dairy products daily.
- 1 billion people are involved with production and processing in the dairy sector.
- 600 million people feed, water and milk dairy cows daily.
- 407,000 people are involved with production and process in the US dairy sector.
- 150,000 people are employed on US dairy farms.
- 77,000 immigrants are employees on US dairy farms.