Beef

Question 0

How many in texas

Answer 0

13.86 million

Question 1

Top state

Answer 1

1. Texas

Question 2

U.S. Total

Answer 2

96.05 million

Question 3

The most widely produced and tends to be less expensive. The cattle spend most of their lives eating grass in a pasture before moving to a feedlot where they are fed a high-energy, grain diet.

Answer 3

Grain-fed Beef

Question 4

The cattle are raised on grass pastures their entire lives. Producing in large volumes is difficult in North America where few regions have the growing season to make it possible.

Answer 4

Grass-finished Beef

Question 5

The cattle must be fed ___ organic feed and must be certified through the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing System. In addition, these cattle can not be given hormones to promote growth or antibiotics. If antibiotics are needed they are not withheld but the animal must be permanently removed from the program.

Answer 5

100%

Question 6

The cattle must be fed 100% organic feed and must be certified through the USDA’s ______________. In addition, these cattle can not be given hormones to promote growth or antibiotics. If antibiotics are needed they are not withheld but the animal must be permanently removed from the program.

Answer 6

Agricultural Marketing System

Question 7

The cattle must be fed 100% organic feed and must be certified through the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing System. In addition, these cattle can not be given _______ to promote growth or ______. If antibiotics are needed they are not withheld but the animal must be permanently removed from the program.

Answer 7

Hormone- antibiotics

Question 8

• Ranchers produce the cattle for the stocker market or feedlot (commercial operations) or other breeding herds (purebred operations).

Answer 8

Cow-calf

Question 9

– Raises calves until they weigh 900 to 1,400 pounds and market them to packer operations.

Answer 9

Feedlot

Question 10

– Ranchers graze weaned calves until they weigh as much as 900 pounds, and then market them to the feedlots.

Answer 10

Stocker

Question 11

Each year, over ___ million calves are born on more than ___ cow-calf operations in Texas.

Answer 11

5-130,000

Question 12

The nearly 1 million beef cattle operations in the United States produce over ___ pounds of beef which generates about___in retail beef sales.

Answer 12

24 billion- $80 billion

Question 13

Beef production per cow has increased from about ___ pounds in the mid-1960s to almost ___
pounds today.

Answer 13

400-600

Question 14

Myth: Beef production uses outrageous amounts of water, feed and land that should be used for something else. Truth: It takes 2.6 pounds of grain and 435 gallons* of water to produce a pound of beef in the U.S. ___% of the nation’s grazing lands are not suitable for farming. Cattle eat forages that humans cannot consume and convert them into a nutrient-dense food.

Answer 14

85

Question 15

Cattle have a ___-month gestation period.

Answer 15

nine

Question 16

Calves are weaned from cows at ___ months of age.

Answer 16

six to 10

Question 17

According to the USDA, there are about ___ fixed auction facilities in the United States.

Answer 17

815

Question 18

Weanling cattle are typically “backgrounded” in stocker cattle operations before going to a feedlot at __-__months of age

Answer 18

12-18

Question 19

Cattle spend ___-___ months in a feedlot.

Answer 19

4-6

Question 20

Feedlot pens typically allow about ___-___ square feet of room per animal. Rations are ___-___ percent grain

Answer 20

125 to 250

70 to 90

Question 21

Cattle are usually slaughtered at ___to ___months of age and weigh between ___-___pounds.

Answer 21

18-20

1,100 and 1,250

Question 22

_______ (passed in ___ and updated in ________) dictates strict animal
handling and slaughtering standards for packing plants.

Answer 22

The Humane Slaughter Act
1958
1978 and 2002

Question 23

Myth: Beef production uses outrageous amounts of water, feed and land that should be used for something else. Truth: It takes 2.6 pounds of grain and ___ gallons* of water to produce a pound of beef in the U.S. 85% of the nation’s grazing lands are not suitable for farming. Cattle eat forages that humans cannot consume and convert them into a nutrient-dense food.

Answer 23

435

Question 24

___________________________, a public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is responsible for ensuring compliance with slaughter regulations and that the nation’s commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged.

Answer 24

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

Question 25

_______________________________________ grades the carcasses by evaluating characteristics including marbling (distribution of internal flecks of fat, contributing to tenderness and taste) and the age of the animal. Grading is voluntary.

Answer 25

The Agricultural Marketing Service of the USDA

Question 26

Ultimately, consumers dictate the actions of the beef production chain, from pasture to plate, by determining what kinds of beef they will buy and at what price. Beef producers read demand signals from the meat case and customers throughout the production chain. For instance, beef cattle are now much leaner than just a decade ago as a result of the consumer demand for products with less fat. Consequently, there are now ___ cuts of beef that meet government guidelines for lean, such as the tenderloin, sirloin and __% lean ground beef.

Answer 26

29

95

Question 27

The hide from one beef animal can be made into: ___ footballs or ___basketballs or ___ soccer balls or ___ baseball gloves or ___ volleyballs or ___ baseballs

Answer 27

20,12,18,12,18,144

Question 28

Beef byproducts allow __% of every beef animal to be utilized.

Answer 28

99

Question 30

Myth: Beef production uses outrageous amounts of water, feed and land that should be used for something else. Truth: It takes __ pounds of grain and 435 gallons* of water to produce a pound of beef in the U.S. 85% of the nation’s grazing lands are not suitable for farming. Cattle eat forages that humans cannot consume and convert them into a nutrient-dense food.

Answer 30

2.6