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The Texas dairy industry feeds local, state and national economies.

294 Grade
A dairies
635,00 cows
16.5 billion pounds of milk

(more than 1.9 billion gallons) produced annually
8 gallons
per day

Each cow produces an average of more than 8 gallons per day.
3rd in the
nation

Texas ranks 3rd nationally in milk production.

Texas dairy delivers:

$53.8 billion total economic impact
258,000 total jobs
$14.3 billion in wages
$3% Texas GDP contribution
$1.62 billion paid in local and state taxes
$2.8 billion paid in federal taxes
$724.3 million in exports