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Did you know that there are more cows in Britain than there are people in Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester put together?
Which is the most common dairy cow breed in Britain?
Ask a friend to draw a dairy cow and the chances are they would paint it black and white.
The Holstein-Friesian breed - which is black and white - is the most common and represents 90% of the British herd. Other breeds that can be seen include the Ayrshire, Jersey and Guernsey.
Breeding expert Marco Winters says: "We have a lot of different systems in this country and we need breeds to suit those systems. In Scotland you may see a different animal to those in Cornwall, for example."
Watch our 'moovie' about breeding to find out more.
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