South Carolina State Beverage

Milk

Adopted in 1984.

Milk was designated as the official State Beverage by Act No. 360, 1984.

There were an estimated 99 million pounds of milk produced in SOUTH CAROLINA during the April-June quarter of 2002. This is up 1 percent from the April-June 2001 quarter, but down 3 percent from January-March 2002 quarter. There were 20,000 milk cows on South Carolina farms during April-June, 2002, down 1,000 head from the same quarter in 2001, but unchanged from the January-March, 2002 quarter.

The quarterly production of milk for the UNITED STATES was 44.0 billion pounds, 3.0 percent above the April-June period last year. The average number of milk cows in the US during the April-June quarter was 9.15 million head, 33,000 head more than the same period last year.

Where milk comes from and how it's made.
Ever wonder where delicious milk comes from? It all starts with healthy, well-fed cows that live on farms all around America the beautiful.
 

State Symbol: Milk

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• All cows are females (males are called bulls).
• A cow can't give milk until she's given birth to a calf.
• Cows provide 90% of the world's milk supply.
• A cow's udder can hold 25-50 pounds of milk at a time -- no wonder she's so eager to be milked -- and a cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

Can You Say, "I'm Full?"
Cows are BIG eaters. Did you know that cows have four stomachs and eat 90 pounds of food a day? That's probably more than you weigh! A cow that chows on only grass can make 50 glasses of milk a day. But one that eats grass, corn and hay can make 100 glasses of milk a day!
 

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