Facts about the dairy industry in Israel Here are some bite sized interesting, and fun facts about Israeli dairy industry and products for you to digest. Israel produces Approx 1,170,000 tons of cow's milk annually. Milk products make about 9% of the total agricultural products market value. The Israeli-Holstein breed has been developed by the Israeli Genetic Improvement System. This cow is best fit to the Israeli long and hot summers. The Israeli cow has the highest national milk yield (production/cow/year) in the world, in milk volume and in milk solids. The largest dairy in Israel – Tnuva, processes a total of 850 million litres of milk a year. It is a cooperative owned by the suppliers – cooperative and family farms across in Israel. 110,000 cows make the Israeli dairy herd. Each cow produces an annual average of 11,281 kg of milk, 358 kg of Protein and 404 kg of Fat. The best yielding cow in Israel yielded more than 18,700 Kg of milk in 2006. Since Israeli cows yield less milk during the hot summer, the extra milk that is produced during the winter is made into milk powder, to be used through the year. Special cooling systems help improve the cows conditions and milk yield. The Israeli breeding program for the dairy herd tests each year 50 candidate bulls, 5 of which will join the 20-bulls team responsible for about 350,000 Artificial Inseminations preformed each year in Israel. A comprehensive software system has been developed by the Israeli cattle Breeders Association (ICBA) to monitor and record data from the milking parlor and give the herd manager information regarding herd management, feeding, milk production, genetic management etc The Israeli dairy Herd book database collects information about 99,537 cows 2006) – about 90% of the cows in the country. Each cow's data is recorded, saved and analyzed: milk production, milk laboratory tests, genetic line, calves born, diseases and treatments etc. More than 2,500 families raise sheep and goats: from traditional nomadic herds keepers to intensive zero-grazing dairy and meat farms. 11,000 tons of sheep's milk and 7,000 tons of goat's milk are produced in Israel annually. Due to their high quality and hygienic properties sheep and goat cheeses are exported, mainly to the USA.