Animal production Flashcards
What are ruminants
Animals that chew the cud from its rumen
What are non-ruminants
Animals that dont chew cud
What is regurgitation
Backward flowing of food from the stomach
What is subsistence farming
Practice of growing crops and raising livestock sufficient for family use with little excess
What is commercial farming
Farming for a profit
What is marbling
the white flecks of intramuscular fat in meat
What is fecundity
Ability to produce a lot of crops, fruit or young animals
What extensive production
A farming system that uses small inputs relative to the land area being farmed
What is intensive production
A type of farming with high levels of input and output per cubic unit of agricultural land area
What is silage
Grass or other green fodder compacted and stored in airtight conditions
What is 80% of South African agricultural land used for
Extensive grazing
Why did areas for grazing decline
Due to expanding human settlements and other activities: mining, crops, forestry and conservation
What is the most viable agricultural activity in SA
stock farming
What percentage of south African cattle are for beef
80%
Who owns majority of South African cattle
commerical farmers
