Cattle feeding

70% of deforestation is caused by cattle ranching because 2-5 acres are used per cow. As of January 1 2015 there are 29.7 million beef cows. Livestock covers 45% of the earth's total…

My Junior Year I raised an American Brahman Steer for the FFA Club. American Brahmans are known for being an aggressive breed, difficult to break in, and very skittish, as mine was. Last year was my first year to show a steer. The past three years I showed Duroc hogs, and have gotten first in my class numerous of times. It was a very drastic change, because hogs are easier to tame and handle. The steer I worked with last year was extremely skittish and startled easily. As a result I was…

The sport demonstrates the skills used on every day ranches. Rodeo was a developed sport through the habits of the cattle industry in the West, that date back to the sixteenth and seventeenth centries . The sport grew out of friendly competitions between friends to prove who was the toughest cowboy. These methods used included roping, horse breaking, riding, and herding…

One of the famous cases that occurred in the 19th century is the case of Sherwood v. Walker. This case involved a Mr. Sherwood, the buyer of the cow and Mr. Walker, the cow seller. The issue occurred when both parties create a contract to buy/sell a cow that both parties believed that it a barren cow. A barren cow is a cow that not capable of breeding. Thus, a contract was formed to buy/sell the cow at a portion of the price. However, after the contract was created, the seller found out that…

are born during dry season, but can be born any season. The gestation period for a giraffe is thirteenth to fiftteen months. Most mothers use the same area to birth each year. When born the calf has a 6 ½ ft. drop from it’s mother and will start feeding from their mother within twenty minutes. After about 24 hours calves can walk and even run. At birth calves are 6ft. tall and weigh 150 lbs. Calves they are very vulnerable to lions because they don’t have enough weight to protect themselves. 50%…

of the clan, almost like ancestors, and to kill them is taboo. But separated from his family and clan connections Lekoloi became dangerously free of social norms. “I became a wild man,” he said with a shrug and a glimmer of a smile. Lekoloi joined cattle raids, robbed tourists, broke into homes and was charged with — and later acquitted of — the 1998 murder of an Italian missionary in Archers Post. He soon began to poach for a living. “When I killed that first elephant the rangers were asking,…

that I dreadfully helped irrigate. The heat from the sun beating down on me. Hands sore from scrapped knuckles from fixing the fence last week. The feeling of relief that an entire year’s work is coming to an end, just to start over, whether it’s feeding all winter, morning and night -- Christmas, and New Year's or the sense of progression seeing a rockless field, with exhausted hamstrings or not. It’s seeing all the new babies taking their first steps, and the sound of a calf’s first breath…

Tayler Juby English 12, Period 8 College Admissions Essay Ms. McLaughlin Option #4: Describe a problem you've solved or a problem you'd like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma--anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution. When I was younger, I grew a fancy for old farm tractors of all shapes and sizes.…

had hogs. I say this because I have grown up around cattle only and have only handled pigs once where we were required to practice moving them at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids. I also wanted to help with harvest because I have never have gotten a lot of experience with helping at harvest since my family farm is a small acreage. Some of my goals for my experience were to get a better understanding of how pigs are moved compared to cattle and the importance of keeping them calm when…

Milk! Your child’s favorite drink. Is it really as good as they say it is? Did you know that in Medieval England doctors would spit on wounds, because saliva was believed to have healing properties? Parents would also tie rabbit feet around their babies necks to ward off illness? Indeed, history is replete with unfounded health beliefs, and to everyone’s detriment, the milk myth is among the most tenacious. Milk is much more than just a drink, It’s a cultural phenomenon that can be traced…