It is a milk production line of Mengniu Dairy Company in Inner Mongolia. Leading dairy companies including Mengniu and Yili boost the milch cow breeding industry in the autonomous region in northeast China. In 2004 more than 1.8 million cows milked nearly 5 million tons of milk. The production value of dairy is expected to top 20 billion yuan. Dairy has become a main cash cow of farmers in Inner Mongolia.
A herdsman in Baotou, a major city in Inner Mongolia, feeds his cow.