Did you know...

1. The typical farm in Newfoundland has a herd of 90 cows.
   
   
2. A cow on a Newfoundland farm produces an average of 7,970 liters of milk each year.
   
   
3. The Newfoundland farm has 145 acres of land producing forage.
   
   
4. Over 70% of the required forage is produced.
   
   
5. The average Newfoundland farmer has over 23 years of farming experience.
   
   
6. All total, there are over 6,500 dairy animals on farms in Newfoundland.
   
   
7. Just under $1,000,000.00 (one-million dollars) was spent on replacement animals by Dairy Farmers last year alone.
   
   
8. Over $4,500,000.00 (4.5 million dollars) worth of forage was consumed by dairy cattle on Newfoundland farms in 1999.
   
   
9. Newfoundland produced 73,000,000 (73 million) pounds of forage in 1999.
   
   
10. The average Newfoundland farm employs 3 full-time and 2 part- time workers.
    
    
11. There are currently approximately 160 full-time and 90 part-time farm workers in Newfoundland.
    
    
12. There are currently 592 people directly dependent on the dairy farm industry for food and shelter in Newfoundland.