I was expecting these milk machines to be about twenty feet high.
The following is the ruling on what makes a 125,000 Pound Cow: Holstein Class only and the cow must have produced at least 125,000 pounds of milk during the lifetime by most recent test day.
A gallon of milk weighs 8.5 pounds, so that’s 14,705 Gallons of Milk.
It takes 10 pounds of milk to make a pound of cheese, so that’s 12,500 pounds of cheese.
I have no idea how many pounds of cheese go into a cheesehead (tell us if you know), but the average American eats 30 pounds of cheese a year, so each of these milky mamas produced enough liquid white gold for 4,166 american’s (USA) cheese needs.
The cheeseheads over at the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board could tell you more.
Oh yeah, Congrats, Elm Park Farms in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, you inspired me to grab a slice of Swiss!