Exam Two Study Flashcards
Highest Sheep producing counties
Australia, China
Most consumption and highest exports
Australia and New Zealand
Farm Flocks
To the East, small 50-200, black face, lamb in February, meat type, 100-120 days
Range Flocks
To the west, open range, fine wool, extensive managment, 40lbs feeder lambs
Stockers
grow to sell to feedlots, increased bone and muscle on forage 80-100 lbs
feedlots
buy at 40-60lbs, feed concentrates for 50-70, sell at 120-160 lbs
Top two Sheep production states
CA and TX
Black Face
Terminally oriented, low wool quality
The most popular black face, no wool cap
Suffolk
Popular black face, wool cap and wool legs
Hampshire
Cheap wool prices
80 cents
Fine Wool Prices
4 dollars
How much wool per sheep per year
17 lbs
White faced sheep
Maternally oriented, All Merino based breeds (Rambouillet, Terghee)
Sheep Industry Today
Mostly 4-H and FFA, less than 1% cash receipts, 5.3 million sheep and lambs, highest in 1940s
Reason of Demise in Sheep
Synthetic Material, Consumer demand down, WWII mutton consumption was high/everyone got sick of it, expensive, cant hire flock managers
ASI
American Sheep Production
Country with most dairy cattle
India
Most fluid milk production
America
Highest consumption dairy
Europe
World Trade of Dairy
Manufactured/not fluid, many trade restrictions
United States Dairy Industry
changing the most, less than 25% farms are producing 80% of milk, Geographical changes, Technology
Top two states in dairy
CA, WI
BST
artificial hormone=increase production
Highest producing dairy breed, lowest fat
Holstein
1 dairy herd health problem
Mastitis
Highest Fat in dairy
Jersey, Guernsey, Brown Swiss
How does age factor meat palatbilty
Older meat is tougher because more connective tissues