Shannon is a town in Lee County, Mississippi. The population was 1,753 at the 2010 Census. Shannon is located on Mississippi Highway 145, west of U.S. Route 45. Chiwapa Creek flows south of the town.
Aside from cattle, many kinds of livestock provide milk used by humans for dairy products. These animals include buffalo, goat, sheep, camel, donkey, horse, reindeer and yak. The first four respectively produced about 11%, 2%, 1.4% and 0.2% of all milk worldwide in 2011.
â¢ The global average for milk production is approximately 2,200 litres per cow (source FAOstat 2012). â¢ The largest producer of milk is the USA producing over 87 million tonnes per annum (source FAOstat 2012). â¢ India has the greatest number of dairy cows in the world with over 40 million cows. The average size of a herd in the UK in 2009 was 113. In 1999 the average herd size was 80 (DairyCo, Producer numbers). Table 6: This table shows the number of dairy cows in the UK by individual country, comparing 2000, 2009 & 2010 figures.