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| Which animal products increases significantly in per capita consumption in the United States during the 1980's and 1990's? |
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| Turkey, Broilers, cheeses and egg equivalent products |
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| Briefly discuss progress being made by less developed countries and the aid provided to them by the United States. |
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| The US and other developed countries have provided money, technology and food aid to many of the less developed countries. THE LDC's became more productive, incomes went up and demand for consumer goods-bicycles, food of higher quality, clothing, and other items increased |
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| What region of the world is well above average in population growth? |
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| What percent of the U.S population is represented by farmers, and how many acres does the average farm contain? |
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| The US farm population represents less than 2 percent of the people in the country. The Average U.S farm contains about 490 acres of land. |
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| Explain how our forefathers aided agricultural education by certain law enactments |
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| The Morrill act of 1862 granted land for and established at least one university or college in each state. The Hatch Act of 1887 provided for the establishment of experiment stations in each of the states. The Smith Level Act of 1914 made research info readily available to the public and is especially sought by farmers and agribusiness people. |
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| Define palatability and biological value of protein |
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| Palatability is enhanced by the aroma, flavor, and juiciness of foods that stimulate salivary and gastric juice flow. The biological value of protein refers to the ability of these protein sources to supply amino acids in the proper proportion needed for body functions. |
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| What species belongs to the genus Ovis? Bos? Sus? Equus? Galus? |
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| The Ovis is the sheep, the Bos is the cattle, the Sus is the Swine, the Equus is the horse, the Gallus is the chicken. |
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| Compare how species characteristics affect adaptation to the environment and kind of feed consumed, such as swine as compared to cattle. |
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| Swine's relatively small, single compartment stomach cannot handle large volumes of bulky forages, so these animals depend primarily on concentrated grains and similar feeds. While the cattle are designed for forage utilization due to their four compartment stomach. Cattle are able to perspire so they can withstand hotter temperatures, while Swine are kept under a controlled temp because they do not perspire |
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| Which of the major enterprises have very high labor and investment needs per animal unit? Which provide good cash flow? Which may have greater financial risks? |
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The Dairying business requires a high volume of labor and a large investment in facilities and equipment. The daily production of milk and at least every other day delivery of milk to the processing plant results in a good cash flow and Dairy are relatively a low risk long term business.
Some sheep operations have adopted the practice of confinement lamb production which requires high management skills and greater investment in facilities. Finishing lambs has been a relatively high risk buisness. |
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| At what age do most dairy heifers calves enter the milking herd? |
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| They usually enter the milking herd around 2 years old |
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| What is the fate of most male dairy calves? |
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| Most bull calves are sold at 5-10 days of age to those who specialize in either veal calf or dairy beef production. |
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| What is the major source of income derived from the U.S. farm sheep flock? |
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| Lamb finishing; consists of the growing, developing and finishing of lambs coming off pasture or range grass in the fall. They are sold s market lambs. Meat producing abilities. |
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| At what age range are most market hogs sold? |
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| Briefly describe how the system of vertical integration of the poultry industry works. |
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| Vertical integration reduces the capital risk of the grower and allows the company to maintain better production and quality control throughout the stages of production. |
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| At what age are most egg laying birds brought into production? |
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| If 1 day old broiler chicks arrive at the rearing facility on March 1, at what date and weight should they be scheduled for delivery to the processor? |
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| IT will be 45-50 days after arrival. It should weight about 4.8 to 5 pounds |
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| Explain how humane care of animals benefits the producer and consumer, as well as animal rights and welfare groups. |
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| IT benefits the producer because welafare refers to the presence of suitable conditions and management most relevant to the animals' productivity and profitability. The consumer and the animal rights group is benefited so that there are a set of guidelines stating how the animal must be treated. |
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| Calculate the estimated amount of manure produced by a 400 cow dairy for 1 year. |
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| What changes can be made in nutrition and feeding of animals to reduce the potential for soil, water, and air pollution? |
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| List several of the additional management practices farmers have taken to reduce environmental pollution. |
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| Changing of rations, supplementing diets with enzymes, use a global positioning system, use tank wagons for liquid manure. |
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