Cow/Calf Final Exam Questions And Answers | 2025 Guaranteed
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1. (T/F) Applicants for a Beginning Farmer Loan cannot T
have operated a farm or ranch for more than 10 years.
2. (T/F) The Livestock Indemnity Program provides
ben- T efits to producers that had livestock deaths
in excess of normal mortality due to extreme or
abnormal dam- aging weather.
3. (T/F) A balance scorecard addresses both short- and T
long-term objectives.
4. (T/F) Bureau of Land Management leases are transfer- T
able with deeded acreage.
5. What is the maximum total loan amount for a
Begin- ning Farmer Operating Loan? $300,000
6. For each of the liabilities listed below, indicate
Intermediate, current,
whether they are current, intermediate, or long term. current, long term
-Feeder wagon
-Outstanding fuel bill at the local coop
-Steer calves
-30-year loan for pasture purchase
7. What are 3 key financial statements used to
manage finances on a ranch? Balance sheet, cash flow,
income statement
8. When valuing assets, what is the difference
between cost value and market value? Cost value: no inflation,
depreciated
Market value: may
have significant
inflation built in, not
attected by depre-
ciation
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9. What are 3 methods that can be used to Inherited, marry into,
acquire a ranch property?
partner
10. What are the 6 recommended perspectives
that should be included in a ranch balance Ranch lifestyle, finan-
scorecard? cial, customer, ag com-
modities/production,
nat- ural resources,
11. What does UCOP stand for and why is it better learning and growth
than cost per cow?
Unit cost of production
- combines cost of
produc- tion and
12. (T/F) Mature beef cows should be in a BCS of production level, cost
5 at calving. per cow ignores pro-
duction
T
13. (T/F) Creep feeding may reduce the forage consumed T
by calves.
14. (T/F) Developing heifers should be fed to reach 85% of F (65% or BCS 6)
their mature weight at the beginning of the
breeding season.
15. (T/F) Bulls should be developed to a BCS 6 at the be- T
ginning of the breeding season.
16. (T/F) The feed efficiency of creep feeding with lim-
T it-fed soybean meal is better than with an
unrestricted corn-based feed.
17. T
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(T/F) If starch-based energy supplements are going
to be used, they should be provided daily to beef
cattle grazing poor-quality forages.
18. (T/F) Protein supplements must be provided daily
to beef cattle grazing poor-quality forages
19. (T/F) Beef cattle consuming poor-quality forages
can be fed starch-based energy supplements at (0.3%)
up to 0.5% of their body weight without causing
negative asso- ciative effects.
20. (T/F) Protein supplementation is most effective
when forages are abundant, but they contain
less than 7% crude protein.
21. Which of the following feeds is least likely to
cause a negative associative effect?
a. Barley
b. Cracked corn
c. Wheat middlings
d. Whole shell corn
22. List 2 benefits of supplementing Rumensin or Bovatec Improve feed
eflciency,
to growing (backgrounding) calves. help control nutritional
disorders such as
bloat and acidosis
23. From a nutritional perspective, what is a negative
as- sociative effect? When there is an abun-
dance of starch in the
diet that can not be
fully bro- ken down
and used
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1. (T/F) Applicants for a Beginning Farmer Loan cannot T
have operated a farm or ranch for more than 10 years.
2. (T/F) The Livestock Indemnity Program provides
ben- T efits to producers that had livestock deaths
in excess of normal mortality due to extreme or
abnormal dam- aging weather.
3. (T/F) A balance scorecard addresses both short- and T
long-term objectives.
4. (T/F) Bureau of Land Management leases are transfer- T
able with deeded acreage.
5. What is the maximum total loan amount for a
Begin- ning Farmer Operating Loan? $300,000
6. For each of the liabilities listed below, indicate
Intermediate, current,
whether they are current, intermediate, or long term. current, long term
-Feeder wagon
-Outstanding fuel bill at the local coop
-Steer calves
-30-year loan for pasture purchase
7. What are 3 key financial statements used to
manage finances on a ranch? Balance sheet, cash flow,
income statement
8. When valuing assets, what is the difference
between cost value and market value? Cost value: no inflation,
depreciated
Market value: may
have significant
inflation built in, not
attected by depre-
ciation
1/
24
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9. What are 3 methods that can be used to Inherited, marry into,
acquire a ranch property?
partner
10. What are the 6 recommended perspectives
that should be included in a ranch balance Ranch lifestyle, finan-
scorecard? cial, customer, ag com-
modities/production,
nat- ural resources,
11. What does UCOP stand for and why is it better learning and growth
than cost per cow?
Unit cost of production
- combines cost of
produc- tion and
12. (T/F) Mature beef cows should be in a BCS of production level, cost
5 at calving. per cow ignores pro-
duction
T
13. (T/F) Creep feeding may reduce the forage consumed T
by calves.
14. (T/F) Developing heifers should be fed to reach 85% of F (65% or BCS 6)
their mature weight at the beginning of the
breeding season.
15. (T/F) Bulls should be developed to a BCS 6 at the be- T
ginning of the breeding season.
16. (T/F) The feed efficiency of creep feeding with lim-
T it-fed soybean meal is better than with an
unrestricted corn-based feed.
17. T
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(T/F) If starch-based energy supplements are going
to be used, they should be provided daily to beef
cattle grazing poor-quality forages.
18. (T/F) Protein supplements must be provided daily
to beef cattle grazing poor-quality forages
19. (T/F) Beef cattle consuming poor-quality forages
can be fed starch-based energy supplements at (0.3%)
up to 0.5% of their body weight without causing
negative asso- ciative effects.
20. (T/F) Protein supplementation is most effective
when forages are abundant, but they contain
less than 7% crude protein.
21. Which of the following feeds is least likely to
cause a negative associative effect?
a. Barley
b. Cracked corn
c. Wheat middlings
d. Whole shell corn
22. List 2 benefits of supplementing Rumensin or Bovatec Improve feed
eflciency,
to growing (backgrounding) calves. help control nutritional
disorders such as
bloat and acidosis
23. From a nutritional perspective, what is a negative
as- sociative effect? When there is an abun-
dance of starch in the
diet that can not be
fully bro- ken down
and used
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