Animal Science Ch.2

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Cash Receipts

Back 1

Gross sales from a specific enterprise or set of enterprises.

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Beef Industry

Back 2

A coordinated set of supply chain enterprises that produce, process, and distribute beef and beef by-products to the market place.

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Cow-Calf

Back 3

A management unit that maintains a breeding unit and provides weaned calves.

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Feedlot

Back 4

Enterprises that utilize high energy rations to grow cattle (sheep) to ideal market weights.

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Commercial Feeders

Back 5

(1.) A carcass grade of cattle. (2.) Livestock that are not registered or pedigreed by a registry association.

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Farmer-Feeders

Back 6

Smaller feedyards managed as part of an integrated farming operation to market high energy feed-stuffs produced on the farm.

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Dairy Industry

Back 7

A coordinated set of supply chain enterprises specifically in place to produce, process, and distribute milk products and by-products to the market place.

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Eohippus

Back 8

An early ancestor of the horse.

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Horse Industry

Back 9

A loosely coordinated set of enterprises focused on the recreational, working, and sporting use of horses.

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Tariff

Back 10

Taxes or fees placed on imported goods-often used as political leverage.

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Broiler

Back 11

A young meat-type of either sex (usually 6-8 weeks old) weighing 3-5 lbs. also referred to as a fryer or young chicken.

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Browse

Back 12

Woody or brushy plants. Livestock feed on tender shoots or twigs.

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Forbs

Back 13

Weedy or broad leaf plants, as contrasted to grasses, that serve as pasture for animals.

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Farm Flock

Back 14

A sheep enterprise typically with a small inventory one part of a diversified farm.

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Range Flock

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A sheep enterprise typically with a large inventory that is the primary source of income for the owner.

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Purebred Breeder

Back 16

Responsible for producing improvement genetic stock for the industry.

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Swine Industry

Back 17

A coordinated set of supply chain enterprises that produce, process, and distribute pork and pork by-products to the market place.

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Corn Belt

Back 18

Te region of the United States with the highest corn production typically considered the northern Great Plains and western Great Lakes states.

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Aquaculture

Back 19

The production of food from aquatic species.

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Bison

Back 20

Domesticated buffalo produced for meat, hide, and heads.

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Ostrich

Back 21

A large flightless bird native to Africa farmed for meat, egg, and feather production.

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Emu

Back 22

A large flightless bird bird native to Australia farmed for meat, oil, feather, and egg production.