final exam - new material Flashcards
Greatest sheep productivity
australia
most # of sheep
china
sheep produce what % of meat and how many billion pounds of wool?
9%
4.7 billion lb
world per capita consumption
- 2 lb lamb and mutton
- 8 lb milk
- 8 lb wool
this country produces 24% of worlds wool from 9.1% of worlds sheep
australia
80% of Australia’s wool is
exported to england, japan, iran, and US
most dense sheep population
new zealand
what country utilizes a lot of companion grazing
new zealand
how many sheep are in the US
6.1 million
what % of US sheep have Rambouillet breeding
50
two major areas in US of sheep raising
Western range & farm flock
western range how what % of sheep in the US
65%
systems of sheep production in U.S.
purebred & milk-fed lamb production
influence the cost of feedstuffs
season, climate, location, competition (ethanol, humans, animals)
what % of production cost is feed?
50-60%
