POSC 309 EXAM 1 - TAMU CAREY
vertically integrated - Answers - companies in a supply chain that are united through a
common owner
Contract Producers - Answers - independently own the houses that chickens grow in
The average producer has around _____ broiler houses - Answers - 8-12
Domestic Market Segments - Answers - Retail grocery has the most millions of pounds
marketed, then fast food (chicken sandwich war), then other food services
Top 4 companies produce ___% of broilers - Answers - 53%
Top 4 Companies - Answers - Tyson, Pilgrims, Sanderson, Perdue
top three turkey products sold in 2011 - Answers - whole birds, ground turkey, and
cooked white meat (deli meat).
Top 5 Turkey Producing Countries - Answers - United States, Canada, European Union,
Brazil, Mexico
During a 25-week laying cycle, a turkey hen normally lays _____ eggs. - Answers - 80-
100
How many days does it take to molt a turkey hen? - Answers - 90 days
Turkeys - Answers - Male/Female raised separately
Raised 16-22 weeks
Raised in two separate houses
All are bred by artificial insemination
Natural Ventilation
Broilers - Answers - Straight Run
Raised 4-8 weeks
Raised in the same house
Natural bred
Tunnel Ventilation
Brooding Rings - Answers - Combine rings as appropriate (after 3 days)
Utilize rings through a minimum of 5 days.
Make all changes in ring configuration early in the day.
T/F? Turkeys can be herded. - Answers - True
, Butterball - Answers - the largest vertically integrated turkey producer in the United
States and accounts for 17 percent of total turkey production in this country
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - Answers - the continuing commitment by
business to contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the
workforce and their families as well as the community and society at large
CSR Issues in Food Industry - Answers - Animal welfare
Biotechnology
Environment
Fair Trade
Health and Safety
Labor
Human Rights
Three (multiple) "bottom lines" - Answers - Economic growth
Ecological benefits
Social progress
Turkey companies - Answers - are vertically integrated, meaning they control or contract
for all phases of production and processing - from breeding through delivery to retail
On average, it takes _______ pounds of feed to raise a 30-pound tom turkey. - Answers
- 75-80 pounds
Hens - Answers - are processed and usually sold as whole birds
Toms - Answers - are further processed into products such as cutlets, tenderloins,
turkey sausage, turkey franks and turkey deli meats.
Whole Turkey - Answers - most popular turkey product
Ground turkey - Answers - has experienced the largest sales growth among consumers
in the last decade.
CSR in the food supply chain - Answers - A supply chain is a group of companies
working together to produce, process, deliver and serve goods (food) to the end
consumer.
Recent Indications of CSR - Answers - Taco Bell and Campbell's pressured to improve
wage conditions for produce farmers
Kraft Foods introduces "fair trade" products
Starbucks - Fair Trade coffee
vertically integrated - Answers - companies in a supply chain that are united through a
common owner
Contract Producers - Answers - independently own the houses that chickens grow in
The average producer has around _____ broiler houses - Answers - 8-12
Domestic Market Segments - Answers - Retail grocery has the most millions of pounds
marketed, then fast food (chicken sandwich war), then other food services
Top 4 companies produce ___% of broilers - Answers - 53%
Top 4 Companies - Answers - Tyson, Pilgrims, Sanderson, Perdue
top three turkey products sold in 2011 - Answers - whole birds, ground turkey, and
cooked white meat (deli meat).
Top 5 Turkey Producing Countries - Answers - United States, Canada, European Union,
Brazil, Mexico
During a 25-week laying cycle, a turkey hen normally lays _____ eggs. - Answers - 80-
100
How many days does it take to molt a turkey hen? - Answers - 90 days
Turkeys - Answers - Male/Female raised separately
Raised 16-22 weeks
Raised in two separate houses
All are bred by artificial insemination
Natural Ventilation
Broilers - Answers - Straight Run
Raised 4-8 weeks
Raised in the same house
Natural bred
Tunnel Ventilation
Brooding Rings - Answers - Combine rings as appropriate (after 3 days)
Utilize rings through a minimum of 5 days.
Make all changes in ring configuration early in the day.
T/F? Turkeys can be herded. - Answers - True
, Butterball - Answers - the largest vertically integrated turkey producer in the United
States and accounts for 17 percent of total turkey production in this country
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - Answers - the continuing commitment by
business to contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the
workforce and their families as well as the community and society at large
CSR Issues in Food Industry - Answers - Animal welfare
Biotechnology
Environment
Fair Trade
Health and Safety
Labor
Human Rights
Three (multiple) "bottom lines" - Answers - Economic growth
Ecological benefits
Social progress
Turkey companies - Answers - are vertically integrated, meaning they control or contract
for all phases of production and processing - from breeding through delivery to retail
On average, it takes _______ pounds of feed to raise a 30-pound tom turkey. - Answers
- 75-80 pounds
Hens - Answers - are processed and usually sold as whole birds
Toms - Answers - are further processed into products such as cutlets, tenderloins,
turkey sausage, turkey franks and turkey deli meats.
Whole Turkey - Answers - most popular turkey product
Ground turkey - Answers - has experienced the largest sales growth among consumers
in the last decade.
CSR in the food supply chain - Answers - A supply chain is a group of companies
working together to produce, process, deliver and serve goods (food) to the end
consumer.
Recent Indications of CSR - Answers - Taco Bell and Campbell's pressured to improve
wage conditions for produce farmers
Kraft Foods introduces "fair trade" products
Starbucks - Fair Trade coffee
