Beef Flashcards
Beef industry
Extensive
Not supply managed
Grazing
Develops land, maintains grass, and reduces fire hazard
Specialized digestive system
Animal and bacteria relationship
Low quality forage to useful nutrients
Beef sectors
4???
Primary producers
Bear all input costs
Where is most beef produced?
AB, SK, MB
How many producers are involved in beef production?
90 000
What is the profit from the beef industry?
6.5 billion
How many countries does Canada export beef to?
70
Main things needs to produce beef cattle
Resources (feed and land) and nice weather
Beef operations in Canada are often
Family run
Under-grazing
Fires
Overgrazing
Land degradation and erosion
Seeded pasture
Disease and nutrition problems
Open market
Anyone can buy or sell, price depends on consumer demand
Cull rate on beef operations
15/20%
Types of operations
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Levels if production
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Common feeds
Barley in west, corn in east
Corn is moving west
Growth rate goals
1.5-2 lbs, other stages??
Photochemical oxidation
Methane recycling
Legumes and bison
Reduce methane emissions
Most variable cost in beef production
Feed, maximizing energy and protein
Feeding programs
May overfeed, but they are better than guessing
Highest feed demand
Just after calving
Low nutrient requirement times
Low quality/high fibre diets
Forage
How do beef producers make a profit
Efficiency
Canadian cattle identification association
RFID tags
RFUD tags
Animal ID
Animal movement
Premise ID
RFID requirements
Tagged when leaving farm (fine otherwise)
National RFID bank
Calgary AB
VBP
Informing producers on more sustainable practices
Beef breeds
Lots of variance, up to producer
Types of selling
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Branded beef
Specific markets (consumer focussed)
Natural, grass fed, GMO free, etc.
