“Zabda,” Kibbutz Hefetz Haim’s prize cow, has set a new Israel–and probably world–record by increasing her record daily milk output of 50 kilos to a super record 62 kilos of milk on a good day. The Israel Dairy Association was recently told that Israel holds the world’s record for average milk production per cow with an average of 8,092 kilos of milk each in 1980. Kibbutz Hefetz Haim holds the Israeli record, with an average of 9.658 kilos for each of its 315 milch cows. Zabda last year produced 14,000 kilos. The kibbutz farmers say their success–and that of their cows–is due to the care they take with the special diet they provide.
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