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Define beef industry |
The breeding, feeding and market of cattle with the eventual processing and merchandising of retail products to consume. |
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Describe beef industry's purpose |
To convert lower quality feed into higher quality safe foods. |
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List the 7 stages of beef production. |
1. Seed stock - providing genetics to the industry. 2. Cow/ calf - majority of the cattle industry, providing calves for feeding and market. 3. Stocker/ yearling- producers that feed light weight calves longer on grass before entering the feedlot. 4. Feedlot- feeds calves and yearlings a high energy diet to a market weight, provides all the beef products to the packer. 5. Packer- processes all market cattle into a safe edible product for consumers 6. Retailer - sells and markets all beef products. 7. Cosumer- you |
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Top five states in beef production. |
Texas Nebraska Kansas California Oklahoma |
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Top 5 countries in beef production |
India Brazil China US Argentina |
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Two favorable factors in beef production |
Cattle utilize lower quality roughages. Provide economic outlet for grain, 40% of grains are not for human consumption. |
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Two unfavorable factors in beef production |
Time from birth to market. Time to realize genetic improvement. |
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How many millions of head of cattle in the US? |
95 |
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What's the value of the beef industry? |
$88 billion, 20-25% |
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How many businesses, farms, and ranches make up the beef industry? |
1 million |
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How many breeds of cattle? |
250 |
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what are the two ancestors for the beef breeds? |
Bos taraus, Bos indicus. |
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Hereford |
Hardiness,early maturity, longevity |
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Angus |
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Red angus |
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Shorthorn |
Looks like dairy and produces a lot of milk. |
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Charolais |
Muscular, terminal sire. |
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Simmental |
Funky face and popular. |
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Limousin |
Violent temper and long body |
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Maine Anjou |
Black gold |
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Brangus |
Brahman and angus. |
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Santa Gertrudis |
Cherry red, shorthorn and Brahman |
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Beef master |
Brahman, shorthorn, and hereford |
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Bos Taurus |
Primarily used for meat and milk production |
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Bos indicus |
Humped back appearance, the capability to tolerate high temperatures and humidity environments, disease resistance to ticks, mosquitoes and other tropical insects and often used for work meat and milk production. |
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True or false. Cattle are not native to the western hemisphere. |
True |
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How many pounds of beef is consumed a year per person? |
53.84lbs |
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