dairy cattle
plural noun
: cattle kept for milk production
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Fully 99% of poultry production and 30% of Holstein dairy cattle output depends on imports. 
Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 Researchers from Ohio State University and the University of Illinoisfoundthat beef and dairy cattle losses from heat stress averaged $1.26 billion annually, a figure that’s expected to rise as worsening heat and drought grip the heartland. Daniel Cusick, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2022 Beef and dairy cattle, along with other farm animals, contribute more than one-quarter of the country’s methane emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Kristina Peterson, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2022 Since then, the range of Irish cheeses has expanded to include a broad range of cheeses, from soft to semi-hard to blue, which are based on milk produced from goats, sheep and dairy cattle. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 9 June 2022 The people who tend dairy cattle have every incentive to keep them happy, but as labor becomes scarcer, the level of attention required for monitoring cows is hard to achieve. Steven Savage, Forbes, 9 June 2022 Utah requires cattle owners to test all bulls for Trich every year — except for dairy cattle, which are kept in confinement, and bison bulls. Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 May 2022 Beef and dairy cattle, along with pigs and other farm animals, contribute roughly 27% of methane emissions in the U.S., according to the EPA. WSJ, 12 Feb. 2022 The seaweed study in New Hampshire saw 20 percent reductions in methane from cows, Andre Brito, associate professor of dairy cattle nutrition and management at the University of New Hampshire, told CNBC. Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2021 See More
Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 Researchers from Ohio State University and the University of Illinoisfoundthat beef and dairy cattle losses from heat stress averaged $1.26 billion annually, a figure that’s expected to rise as worsening heat and drought grip the heartland. Daniel Cusick, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2022 Beef and dairy cattle, along with other farm animals, contribute more than one-quarter of the country’s methane emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Kristina Peterson, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2022 Since then, the range of Irish cheeses has expanded to include a broad range of cheeses, from soft to semi-hard to blue, which are based on milk produced from goats, sheep and dairy cattle. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 9 June 2022 The people who tend dairy cattle have every incentive to keep them happy, but as labor becomes scarcer, the level of attention required for monitoring cows is hard to achieve. Steven Savage, Forbes, 9 June 2022 Utah requires cattle owners to test all bulls for Trich every year — except for dairy cattle, which are kept in confinement, and bison bulls. Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 May 2022 Beef and dairy cattle, along with pigs and other farm animals, contribute roughly 27% of methane emissions in the U.S., according to the EPA. WSJ, 12 Feb. 2022 The seaweed study in New Hampshire saw 20 percent reductions in methane from cows, Andre Brito, associate professor of dairy cattle nutrition and management at the University of New Hampshire, told CNBC. Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1895, in the meaning defined above