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5 million cows in 1944

9.3 million cows in 2000
Antibiotics are used to
prevent the 25% frequen-
cy increase of mastisis
(bacterial utter infec-
tion). Other side effects
include a risk of lame-
ness and unusually high
birth defect rates in their
offspring.
Bacterium
Natural Cow DNA
Man-made hormone
given to cow allowing it
to produce more milk.
Amount of milk the
cows produces is
increased by 10% to
15%.
Oh no!
Oh yeah!
The engineered
bacteria is then
fermented in a vat
where it multiplies.
1974 Voluntary nutrition
labeling on fluid milk begins
after the FDA advises for all
foods to have nutrition labels.
1960 Surge Milker Machines
are introduced to farms.
1966 The Child
Nutrition Act of 1966,
signed by President
Lyndon B. Johnson,
authorizes the
Special Milk Program
(SMP) and provides
milk to children in
schools and child
care facilities at low
or no charge.
1990 U.S. Congress passed the
Fluid Milk Promotion Act to
promote the sale of milk and to
allow collective, producer
financed, generic milk advertising.
1980 Selective breeding
by looking at DNA coding
sequences and selecting
favored genes allows .
1993 The FDA approved
genetically engineered Artificial
Bovine Growth Hormone (rBST,
rBGH, BGH) for commercial use
in the United States.
Time (Year)
M
i l k
C
o
w
s
( T
h
o
u
s
a
n
d
H
e
a
d
)
12,000
11,500
9,000
9,500
10,000
10,500
11,000
Volume Fluid Milk Processed
by Commercial Processors
(Million Pounds Processed)
8.8
23.6
50.1
93.9
143.2
Whats up with
rBGH/ rBST?
Milk and Cows Over Time
For the past few decades the number of U.S. cows used by the
dairy industry has been on a down fall, however the amount of
dairy produced has been on the rise. In the chart below, each
cow shown represents on million cows in the United States.
Recombaint bovine growth hormone or
recombinant bovine somatotropin is a genetically
engineered hormone used increase milk
production in cows. A common concern is that
the hormones caused numerous health concerns.
Many Americans look to rBGH/ rBST free
labeling on products to avoid the those problems.
How Its Made
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy Historical Timeline, Milk, ProCon / National Agriculture Statistics Service, Dairy Products Annual Summary Mindfully Tillamook, Milk and GMO Hormones Grace Communications Foundation, rBGH Center for Food Safety, About rBGH
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Created by Taylor Morgan