Indiana produces A LOT of milk. Here’s more from Agri News:
* With more than 1,200 dairies, Indiana produced more than 4 billion pounds of milk last year — but about 4 million pounds are exported every day.
* Indiana is home to 21 dairy processing plants and 14 farmstead operations, helping the state rank nationally at No. 14 in milk production and No. 2 in ice cream production.
* On average, Indiana has about 184,000 cows that can produce 61 pounds of milk per day, accounting for nearly 2 percent of total U.S. production.