ANSC 2050: BEEF CATTLE QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
intact male: - Answers - bull
castrated male - Answers - steer
female (pre-calving) - Answers - heifer
female (post-calving) - Answers - cow
young - Answers - calf
act of parturition - Answers - calving
group of cattle - Answers - herd
scientific term - Answers - bovine
what is the single largest money generating commodity in all agriculture? - Answers -
beef industry
what has the gross annual income averaged in the US? - Answers - 45 billion
what do the cash receipt from beef account fro? - Answers - 18% of all agriculture
receipts
what are the top producing beef countries in the world? - Answers - US and brazil
what is the purpose of beed cattle in the US - Answers - make use of resources that
would otherwise go to waste (grass)
what is the chief contribution of beef cattle to the welfare of humans? - Answers -
conversion of roughage
what can be fed to beef cattle? - Answers - larger amounts of waster materials fron
agronomic crops and food
what operations does louisianas beef industry do? - Answers - cow-calf state
seedstock operations
stocker operations
how much does la produce? - Answers - 790,000 cows and calves on over 13,600
farms
, $249 million
what are the beef industry segments/phases - Answers - seedstock
cow-calf
stocker
feedlot
packer/processor
retail
consumer
what happens when animals move form one phase to the next? - Answers - change
ownership
how is there a distinct regionality to the beef industry? - Answers - different regions of
the country tend to specialize in a single, or perhaps two phases
what is the only segment that does not produce animals whose primary use is for meat
consumption? - Answers - seedstock production
(animals may enter food supply after reproductive life-culling)
what is the primary goal of seedstock production? - Answers - produce breeding stock
what is the greates demand of the seedstock production? - Answers - bulls
why do they want bulls? - Answers - is quality is high enough they will also be able to
market semen and embryos
what can be used as herd replacements in seedstock production? - Answers - female
offspring
what producers represent the first phase of producing animals whose primary use is for
meat consumption? - Answers - cow calf
what is the product from the commercial cow calf? - Answers - 6 to 10 months old
crossbred calves that range in weight from 300-700 lbs
when are calves sold in cow calf operation? - Answers - at weaning to a feedlot or a
stocker operation
what is the main goal of commercial cow calf? - Answers - produce heaviest calves
possible with the least amount of cost
what operators are in the business of growing calves to heavier weights on low-priced
forage before calves enter the feedlot? - Answers - stocker
VERIFIED ANSWERS
intact male: - Answers - bull
castrated male - Answers - steer
female (pre-calving) - Answers - heifer
female (post-calving) - Answers - cow
young - Answers - calf
act of parturition - Answers - calving
group of cattle - Answers - herd
scientific term - Answers - bovine
what is the single largest money generating commodity in all agriculture? - Answers -
beef industry
what has the gross annual income averaged in the US? - Answers - 45 billion
what do the cash receipt from beef account fro? - Answers - 18% of all agriculture
receipts
what are the top producing beef countries in the world? - Answers - US and brazil
what is the purpose of beed cattle in the US - Answers - make use of resources that
would otherwise go to waste (grass)
what is the chief contribution of beef cattle to the welfare of humans? - Answers -
conversion of roughage
what can be fed to beef cattle? - Answers - larger amounts of waster materials fron
agronomic crops and food
what operations does louisianas beef industry do? - Answers - cow-calf state
seedstock operations
stocker operations
how much does la produce? - Answers - 790,000 cows and calves on over 13,600
farms
, $249 million
what are the beef industry segments/phases - Answers - seedstock
cow-calf
stocker
feedlot
packer/processor
retail
consumer
what happens when animals move form one phase to the next? - Answers - change
ownership
how is there a distinct regionality to the beef industry? - Answers - different regions of
the country tend to specialize in a single, or perhaps two phases
what is the only segment that does not produce animals whose primary use is for meat
consumption? - Answers - seedstock production
(animals may enter food supply after reproductive life-culling)
what is the primary goal of seedstock production? - Answers - produce breeding stock
what is the greates demand of the seedstock production? - Answers - bulls
why do they want bulls? - Answers - is quality is high enough they will also be able to
market semen and embryos
what can be used as herd replacements in seedstock production? - Answers - female
offspring
what producers represent the first phase of producing animals whose primary use is for
meat consumption? - Answers - cow calf
what is the product from the commercial cow calf? - Answers - 6 to 10 months old
crossbred calves that range in weight from 300-700 lbs
when are calves sold in cow calf operation? - Answers - at weaning to a feedlot or a
stocker operation
what is the main goal of commercial cow calf? - Answers - produce heaviest calves
possible with the least amount of cost
what operators are in the business of growing calves to heavier weights on low-priced
forage before calves enter the feedlot? - Answers - stocker
