Chapter 3
1. How many tons of corn can come from an acre of Iowa farmland?
5 tons of corn
6. Out of every 5 kernels of corn how many end up on Factory Farms?
11. Corn the plant has colonized how many square miles of the American continent?
125,000
16. What percent of cattle carry Ecoli in their gut?
40%
2. What two corporation’s pay farmers in Iowa?
The Iowa Farmers Cooperative and The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA)
7. What percentage of a bushel of corn goes to feeding livestock?
12. The author purchased and followed a steer, what was the number assigned to the steer he purchased?
17. Alongside corn the book mentions what resource as also being one of the most important ingredients in the production of meat?
Petroleum or Oil
3. No matter what the market price of corn is what is the standard payment per bushel that farmers receive from the USDA?
About 28 cents per bushel
8. What does CAFO stand for?
Concentrated Animal feeding operation
13. What was the name of the Ranch that the author purchased steer 534 from?
Blair Ranch
18. What percent of feedlot cows are found to have abscessed livers at slaughter?
15 to 30 percent
4. What is the biggest privately held cooperation in the world?
Cargill
9. List three environmental problems caused by CAFOS?
Polluted water and air, toxic wastes, and deadly pathogens
14. Name 2 of the 4 major meet packing companies?
Tyson subsidiary IBP, Cargil subsidiary Excel, swift and company, and National)
19. What was the name of the doctor that the author spoke to about anti-biotics?
5. What fraction of corn do Cargill and ADM buy out of all the corn grown in America?
10. Who introduced the grading system of corn?
The Chicago Board of Trade
15. What are used to keep feed-lot animals healthy?
Anti-biotics
20. What digestive organ allows cows to convert grass into high quality protein?
The Rumen