[tps_header] Got milk? Illinois farmers throughout the state provide nutritious and delicious dairy products. Learn about dairy farms, cows and more. [/tps_header]

- On average, a dairy cow produces 6.3 gallons of milk daily and 350,000 glasses of milk in a lifetime.
- Cows eat about 100 pounds of food and drink 50 gallons of water daily.
- Farmers measure milk in pounds, not gallons.