There are harmful hormones in Milk, sometimes. True or False (If false make it true)
False There are NEVER harmful hormones in Milk
what are baby chickens and turkeys called?
Poults -
A hog is ready to go to market when it weighs between 260-280 pounds True or False
Trye
NAME SOMETHING that we studied this week THAT CAN CONVERT GRASS INTO NUTRIENT-RICH FOODS THAT WE EAT?
Beef Cattle
A factor that affects a country's ability to produce their own food with pH being a component
Soil Quality
What is Milk fortified with? WHY?
Vitamins A & D because of Rickets
On average chicken lay how many eggs a week?
6
a young female pig that has not had piglets
Gilt
8 months old and 500 pounds
Hard Kernel can be ground for cooking and also used for ornamental purposes
Flint Corn
The milk arrives at the milk processing plant, what happens next?
The milk’s temperature is taken again, and the milk in the tanker is specifically tested for any traces of drug residue from the use of antibiotics.
Chickens and turkeys are given hormones and steroids to make them grow faster and bigger. True or False
False
Hernando de Soto brought pigs to Flordia. How many did he bring and how many did he end with?
13 to 700
In 3 years
When beef cattle are harvested, approximately what percent of the animal is used for meat or other byproducts such as leather, glue, soap, insulin, or gelatin.
98%
Top 2 corn-producing states
Iowa & Illinois
Milk is one of the most regulated foods, this results in milk being.....
One of the safest food you can buy at the store.
Brown eggs are healthier. True or False If Fasle make it true
FALSE Brown eggs and white eggs have only one real difference—their color.
A newborn piglet is approximately the same size as a human baby. True of False If false make it correct
Newborn pigs weigh about 3 pounds Newborn human babies in the U.S. average around 7.5 pounds .
What precent of beef raised in the US is consumed in the US?
90%
How many pounds in a bushel of soybeans?
60 lbs
What has to happen for a dairy or beef animal to be called a cow?
have a baby (calf)
What do eggs need in order to be considered Grade AA and Grade A?
U.S. Grade AA and Grade A eggs need to have shells that are clean and unbroken.
What is HogWash?
garbage fed to hogs; or, worthless, false, or ridiculous speech or writing; nonsense
What are cattle moved to when they eat a carefully balanced grain-based diet until they are market-sized?
Feed year or Feed lot
Fraction of the earth that is habitable?
1/12