Lecture 11: Beef Production

Question 1

______, ______, and ______ cattle is the core of the beef industry

Answer 1

Breeding, feeding, marketing

Question 2

Average time of __-__ months from time of breeding to becoming a food product available for consumers

Answer 2

24-36

Question 3

Total beef cattle industry in the US today is about how much head?

Answer 3

95 million

Question 4

Total carcass beef in 2007 = how many pounds. As a result the amound of beef produced per brood cow today is roughly ____ lbs

Answer 4

24 billion pounds; 800

Question 5

What year the cattle inventory peak per million head

Answer 5

1976

Question 6

What is the seed stock industry based on?

Answer 6

pure bred (improving genetics of cattle) so commercial cow calf can buy better genetics to improve the genetics of their herd

Question 7

See-stock is referred to as _____ or ______ cattle ______

Answer 7

purebred, registered; breeders

Question 8

Seed stock is very ______ driven

Answer 8

genetics

Question 9

What to seed stock producers sell to commercial cow calf producers

Answer 9

Sell breeding animal, semen, and embryos to commercial cow calf producers