Livestock Terms
A cow is
What is adult female cattle
A family run farm with red barn
What is traditional?
The number 1 environmental polluter in Lancaster County is...
What is manure?
Term for one who buys or sells.
What is a consumer?
Raising or growing living organisms for human benefit.
What is farming?
A wether is
What is a castrated male sheep?
Organic farming
What is farming without chemicals?
Organic farms are know for...?
What is the lowest environmental impact?
Common term for a genetically modified organism.
What is a GMO?
Cattle, sheep, swine and poultry are all commonly known as what?
What are livestock?
Ovine is
What is the Latin name for sheep?
A CAFO
What is a concentrated ag feeding operation?
Another name for manure
What is a nutrient?
The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
What is agriculture?
Latin name for relating to or resembling sheep
What is an ovine?
Avian is
What are chickens and poultry?
Green farming is
Farming with reduced energy inputs
The larger farms have a _____________ impact on the environment.
What is greater?
Supply and demand of the food supply differ based on consumer purchases.
What are consumer trends?
Adult female of the Bovine species.
What is a cow?
Capon
What is a castrated rooster?
Potentially biggest problem with CAFOs is...
What is an environmental impact? or What is excessive manure?
This term is used for identifying toxins that are in the water way but a specific source is not found.
What is non point source pollution?
Provides a large amount of cheap food fast.
What is a CAFO?
A cow must have this in order to provide milk? (lactate)
What is a calf?