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How much milk does a dairy cow (female Holstein) produce in a day? How about over a year?: Cows are normally milked twice daily, in the morning and evening.

A single dairy cow produces about 25 to 30 kg of raw milk in a day.
Over a year, a dairy cow will produce an average of about 8,000 kg of raw milk.

(From ‘Statistics on Milk and Dairy Products’, compiled 2008, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)