Food Animal Industry
This sector accounts for over half of total U.S. agricultural cash receipts, often exceeding $100 billion annually.
What is the food animal industry?
About 2/3 of U.S. households own at least one of these.
What is a pet?
The number of U.S. farms is decreasing due to this process, where small farms are absorbed into larger ones.
What is farm consolidation?
Specialty diets, limited-ingredient foods, and supplements are all examples of trends in this market.
What is pet food?
This 1966 law sets standards for the care and treatment of animals used commercially, in research, or for exhibition.
What is the Animal Welfare Act?
The U.S. is the world’s largest consumer of this type of meat.
What is beef?
he U.S. pet industry generates over this much annually in direct and indirect economic impact.
What is $221 billion?
The average age of U.S. farmers is doing this.
What is increasing?
Subscription boxes and online delivery are examples of this trend in pet products.
What is e-commerce?
This 1985 law set standards for the care of animals used in biomedical and behavioral research.
What is the Health Research Extension Act?
The top three states for hog production are Iowa, Minnesota, and this state.
What is North Carolina?
Dog ownership accounts for this percentage of U.S. households.
What is 48%?
In 2019, the estimated cost of building a chicken house for 20,000 laying hens was this amount.
What is $329,384?
Cameras, DNA testing, and autonomous litter boxes are examples of improvements in this field.
What is pet technology?
Practices like beak trimming, dehorning, and tail docking fall under this category of controversial practices.
What are physical alterations?
From 2011–2020, broilers made up about this percentage of poultry sector sales.
What is 67%?
Pet food manufacturing alone accounts for about this many billions of dollars in sales.
What is $32.3 billion?
Consumers have decreased their consumption of beef and fluid milk, but increased consumption of these two protein sources.
What are poultry and fish?
Labradoodles and other “designer breeds” are the result of this process.
What is crossbreeding?
Producers who provide adequate housing, sanitation, and veterinary care are practicing this principle.
What is animal welfare?
This state leads the nation in dairy production.
What is California?
This type of animal is owned by about 12% of U.S. households.
What is fish?
Consumers look for these marketing labels such as “antibiotic free,” “locally raised,” or “grass-fed.”
What are production practice claims (or consumer preference labels)?
Ownership of these animals, such as big cats, primates, and reptiles, has increased, though many are illegal in the U.S.
What are exotic animals?
The benefits of producing healthy animals include reduced medical costs, increased productivity, and this.
What is increased profitability?