Industrialization of Agriculture
Changing small family farms to larger industrialized companies.
What is the biggest change in the industrialization of agriculture?
Most of the changes have occurred in the past 25 years.
What is the time frame for the biggest changes in the swine industry?
A jersey cow.
What is another common dairy breed besides Holstein?
They are in a more natural state and are able to digest higher fiber/low-quality foods.
Why are ruminants suited to the Western US landscape?
A branch of philosophy that deals with human character and conduct.
What is ethics?
Built on cheap fossil fuels and not ecologically sustainable/ damaging to the environment. Animal ethics and welfare are also big concerns.
What are the biggest concerns about modern-day agriculture?
A farrowing crate is an essential tool to prevent piglets from dying.
What is a farrowing crate?
Short life span for cows, animal welfare issues.
What are some big problems with the dairy industry?
Is the beef industry vertically integrated?
Restricting the movement of animals, selecting for genetic traits, tail docking, and withholding vet care.
What are the ethical issues relating to animal production?
1. Poultry Industry 2. Swine Industry 3. Dairy (cattle) Industry 4. Ruminants Industry (cattle, sheep, goats)
A gestation crate is considered a socially unacceptable practice that reduces a sow's ability to move during gestation.
What is a gestation crate?
Feeder and Packer Segments are industrialized.
What segments of the beef industry are industrialized?
Dr. Bernie Rollins, Dr. Temple Grandin, and Dr. Jamison.
Who are some important people who have done studies on animal ethics and welfare?
1. Tyson (176 million pounds per week) 2. Pilgrims Pride (138 million pounds per week)
What are the biggest companies in poultry production?
What is a big challenge that the swine industry faces?
Confinement, tail docking, and calf removal.
What are some animal welfare issues in the dairy industry?
Where are beef cattle feedlots centered in the US?
The state of an individual animal in relation to its environment that can be measured by behavior, metabolism, and hormones.
What is animal welfare?
Consumers will determine the future by deciding what production practices are favored, grain commodities are volatile and will continue to have an impact on production practices.
What are some future ideas for industrialized agriculture?
Smithfield Foods.
What is a pig brand name in the pork industry?
A dramatic increase in growth in size and scale of production.
What is the biggest change in the dairy industry?
1. Tyson 2. JBS 3. Cargill 4. National Beef
Human rights --> female rights --> minority rights --> social rights --> animal rights
What is the expansion of animal rights?