Enviromental Concerns
The process of changing the current physical use of a piece of land into some other use for agricultural purposes.
What is land conversion?
Basic need that provides the daily nutritional requirements for animals
What is food?
Parent birds that produce fertile eggs for broiler chickens
What are production breders?
Producers that raise steers and heifers to sell as newborn calves or weaned calves
What are cow/calf producers?
The 10 hour saftey course
What is OSHA?
Colorless gas with a sharp smell created from animal digestion, that is an irritant to humans
What is ammonia?
Periods of inactivity and sleep free from stress or the need to be alert for predators
What is rest?
Farm where day old poults are reared for 4-6 weeks before they are moved to a layer house.
What is a brooder farm?
Producers that specialize in raising breed specific females and herd bulls
What are purebred breeders?
The place where national FFA conventions are held
What is Indianapolis?
Demand for animal food products by humans competing against their demand for environmental resources for other purposes
What is Hydrogen Sulfide?
Basic need animals require for the plants they eat and to move around in their habitat
What is light?
Pedigreed flocks of grandparent birds that produce the final generation of breeding birds
What are primary breeders?
Swine operation constitutes the entire production process from birth until they reach market weight
What is farrow to finish?
Shaw's secret identity
Enrichment of water by nutrient salts from fertilizer and animal waste that changes the chemistry to aquatic ecosystem
What is eutrophication?
Types of production practices to maintain and prevent disease
What is hygiene?
Belief that all farms are part of a corporation
What are factory farms?
Production type for most goat farm operations
What is milk producing?
The name of Dr. Mrs. Kelly Shaw's son
Who is Luke?
Forms by microbial processes in soils and animal waste
What is Nitrous Oxide?
Avoidance and control of the introduction and spread of infectious diseases the farm
What is biosecurity?
Producer where new chicks are raised and fed for 4-6 weeks until they reach market weight
What is a hatchery?
Raise harvest lambs on forage until they are around 60-80 pounds
What are feeder lambs?
The name of both Dorm's bunnies
Who are Callie & Dude?