Beef Study Test Questions with All Correct Answers

Beef Study Test Questions with All Correct Answers What determines production levels in a beef cow herd - Answer-1. how many calves they wean 2. how big the calves are How can you improve profit? - Answer-Changes in 1. level of feeding 2. age/weight of harvest 3. animal health 4. different genotypes 5. improve efficiency The faster you grow, the less maintainence costs and less likely to go througha second winter. What are the challenges for agribusiness in utilising animal products? - Answer--seasonality -perishability -transportation (geographical distance) -poor cooperation -ack of trust -competition Long term goals: customer satisfaction, market share and profit What does he think the future of grass farming is - Answer-Trade reforms will boost production of meat from worlds grasslands Grassland farming is more sustainable Some regions would then replace high cost grain fed production with imports of lower cost grass beef if pasture fed is best becomes a theme, we should join forces to promote internationally What are the three types of Bos's - Answer-Bos taurus= humpless domestic cattle- brittish and continental breeds e.g. angus Bos indicus: chest humped. mainly asian e.g. brahman bras have big chests in indicus. Bos taurus africanus: neck humped e..g africander Write down 5 features of nz beef industry that best describes us to the rest of the world - Answer-1. 99% grass fed (grass fed has higher levels of polyunsaturated fats and omega 3 compared to grain fed) 2. No diseases 3. Animal welfare friendly- outdoors, not alot happens to them until weaning 4. Beef farmed with sheep 5. No hormones 6. Dominated by angus and hereford breeds 7. Export orientated- 80% How many beef cattle are there in nz How many dairy cattle? - Answer-4 million beef 6 million dairy What are the two sides of the industry - Answer-1. Prime: making "table beef" from prime steers and prime heifers 2. Processing beef. This makes up 60% of total production. What % of beef is exported? - Answer-80% "60-70% of the beef exports are to north america"- this use to be more pre bse. What % of the beef industry are prime heifers/steers? - Answer-40% The other 60% is dairy Name the different types of beef that come from the dairy herd - Answer-1. Culled cows 2. Bobby calves (slaughtered in first week of life, become veal paste etc) 3. Dairy bulls 4. Heifers for breeding 5. Nurse cows aka suckler cows 6. Dairy beef (rescued bobby calves) How many bobby calves are killed each year? - Answer-1.7 million We are killing an increasing number each year. What percentage of the total BEEF calves does dairy beef (rescued bobbys) contribute? How many total BEEF calves are there? - Answer-35% (half a million) 1.4 million. Whats happening to the number of breeding cows and heifers? - Answer-It is dropping yet total beef cattle is staying relatively constant (dropping slightly) It is managing to stay relatively constant because more of our beef cattle are coming from the dairy industry. What percentage of the beef herd are located in the north island? Why? - Answer-70% -climate. it is hotter in the north island. Most are located in the north/south auckland area, numbers drop the further down the island you go. IN the north island 50% of stock units are cattle and the other 50% are sheep. South island has 10% stock unit cattle and 90% stock units sheep Define a stock unit. - Answer-One stock unit is a 55kg breeding ewe which rears one lamb and in 12 months eats 550kg of dry matter per year.