Situation of the determination of dairy cow production performance in the third quarter of 2025

One, National Dairy Cow Testing Situation In the third quarter, a total of 1,114 dairy farms with 1,634,000 lactating cows were tested nationwide, with the testing records submitted to the China Dairy Association reaching 3,360,000 entries. The number of lactating cows tested increased by 6.3% year-on-year and by 0.5% sequentially. The average size of the tested dairy farms reached 1,469 cows, increasing by 16.0% year-on-year and by 3.8% sequentially. Daily average milk yield and somatic cell count of the tested dairy cows. The daily average milk yield of the tested dairy cows in the third quarter reached 37.5 kilograms, increasing by 2.7% year-on-year and decreasing by 2.1% sequentially, which is 13.6% higher than the third quarter of 2021. The daily average somatic cell count decreased to 201,000 cells/mL, decreasing by 23,000 cells/mL year-on-year and increasing by 29,000 cells/mL sequentially. Daily average milk fat rate and milk protein rate of the tested dairy cows. The ...