ANSC Final Exam Questions and Complete Solutions

ANSC Final Exam Questions and Complete Solutions How does beef conumpstion differ globally vs the US - Correct Ans: beef is ranked higher in the US than it is globablly where does beef rank on a per capita basis in the US - Correct Ans: Beef is the second most meat consumed in the US Where does beef rank in total meat consumption globally - Correct Ans: Beef is ranked third for most beef consumed globally What has been the trend in per capita beef consumption in the US since the 1970s - Correct Ans: Beef has been declining How does beef compare to poultry and pig consumption since the mid 1970s - Correct Ans: Pigs are below beef Poultry is higher than beef Why did the per capita beef consumption trend since the 1970s go in the direct it did in the US - Correct Ans: people started making less money so did not buy as much beef Has fish consumption increased dramatically after the 1980s - Correct Ans: no What are factors that caused the decline in egg consumption in the mid 1970s - Correct Ans: People thought that the cholesterol was bad so many stopped eating eggs WHat happend in 2004 that decreased both importation of beef into the US and exportation of beef from the US - Correct Ans: BSE (mad cow disease) was tested positive in a US coow Beef cycle - Correct Ans: 1. Heifer-female birth until parturition- usually puberty occurs about 6-7 months of age 2. Replacement heifers usually bred about 15 months of age, 60% of mature weight 3. Gestation- 285 days with a typical birth weight of 75-80lb 4. Calves weaned about 600lbs (about 7 months of age) 5. Broodcows rebred 60-90 days after calving 6. Calves are backgrounded on high fiber ration until 700-800lbs 7. Feeder- enters the feedlot 8. Finish/harvest about 1,300-1,500lb What are the forces influencing the major sites of feeder calf production - Correct Ans: growing season length, climate, feedlot operations, farming program Where are major feedlots located - Correct Ans: Plains- colorado, nebraska, kansas, texas Why are major feedlots located in the plains - Correct Ans: Corn belt: The great plains are abundant in grasses, grains, and corn Weight of a feeder yearling - Correct Ans: 700 Weight of a finishing slaughter steer - Correct Ans: Are heifers generally lighter than steers and bulls - Correct Ans: yes What was the center for meat processing in the 1960s - Correct Ans: Chicago Why are some reasons the meat processing industry moved away from chicago - Correct Ans: To cut down on transportation cost What are the different types of ways cattle are sold or marketed and - Correct Ans: auctions, terminal markets, direct markets which type of marketing is the one one is the most commonly used today - Correct Ans: direct markets Which type of marketing was used more frequently 100 years ago - Correct Ans: auctions Why has the way they are sold changed - Correct Ans: people no longer buy a cow, they buy parts of it What are the different types of beef types and where did they originate - Correct Ans: British breeds-England and Scotland European breeds- Europe Bos indicus breed-Africa What has happened to the color of the hide of the Limousin breed and why - Correct Ans: it went from brown to black, because people associate black hide with better quakity beef Why is the beef price cycle longer than that of swine or poultry - Correct Ans: it follows the economy What a stocker - Correct Ans: feeders that move into high roughage programs before going to feedlot What is a feeder - Correct Ans: animals raised or sold for the purpose of going into an intensive feeding program What is backgrounding - Correct Ans: a beef production system that involves maximal use of pasture and forages from the time calves are weaned until they are placed in a feedlot why would a calf be backgrounded instead of going directly into a feedlot - Correct Ans: to help them gain more weight