• Cows were first domesticated about 5000 years ago.
• Cows can see colour.
• Cows can detect odours up to 5 miles away.
• A 500kg cow produces on average 10 tonnes of manure per year.
• The average cow drinks about 140 litres of water and eats about 45kg of feed per day.
• Each day a cow spends 6 hours eating and 8 hours chewing the cud.
• A cow stands up and lies down about 14 times a day.
• Cows can hear higher and lower frequencies than humans.
• A cow’s heart beats at between 60 and 70 beats per minute.

Herd & Cow numbers in the UK: