Livestock
The most widely eaten meat in the world
What is Pork
The most important crop in the United States.
Corn- it is planned in the spring time and harvest in the fall.
Not only do we eat it it is used to make soap, paper, soda, and crayons.
The about how many farms, ranches, and feedyards exist in the US
700,000 farms, ranches and feedyards
Livestock grazing takes up 614 million acres or 27% of US land
If a sweet potato is not a potato what is it?
It is closely related to a root vegetable such as a carrot.
A certain time of year when an animal can be harvested
Season
A cow is a herbivore or a carnivore
Herbivore they only have teeth on the bottom of there mouths.
Define crop
Crops are living plants grown by farmers. Such as grain, vegetables, and fruit.
The process of permanently marking an animal to indicate ownership
Branding
Are pumpkins a vegetable or a fruit
They are technically a fruit because they contain seeds.
The difference between horns and antlers
Horns are permanent and antlers are shed and regrown every year
The country that produces the most eggs per year.
China (they produce about 160 billion eggs per year)
Define cash crops.
Cash crops are grown for direct sale in the market, rather than for family consumption or to feed to livestock. Coffee, cocoa, tea, sugarcane, cotton and spices are examples of cash crops
Define feedlot
Feetlots are places that buy cattle and fatten them up for market. In Texas in 1968, 275 feedlots were operating in Texas with at least 1,000 cattle in each these accounted for 95% of the cattle being fattened for slaughter.
Where does the food in the grocery store come from?
What is Boone and Crockett scoring?
It is a club that is dedicated to preserving out hunting heritage, scoring and keeping big game records. It has a basic scoring system for different trophy animals
This animal is the largest production in American Agriculture
Cattle (there are more than 800,000 ranchers and cattle producers in the United States
Name a piece of farm equipment use to harvest.
Up to Mrs. Hyman
The leading state of ranches.
TEXAS!! With 248,416 farms and ranches 127 million acres.
What does self sustaining mean? And give an example of being self sufficient.
Being able to supply’s one’s needs with out external help
Is hunting animals being cruel to animals?
A dairy cow will produce an average of ___ gallons of milk each day.
6.3 gallons of milk each day that is more than 2,300 gallons a year.
The amount of cents out of every dollar the farmer receives and is able to spend for themselves.
15 cents out of every dollar that farmers receive is spent on food at home and away from home. The rest goes for cost beyond the farm gate: wages and materials for production, processing, marketing, transportation and distribution.
Top 10 Texas Commodites(products that can be bought and sold)
1. Cattle ($12.3 billion) 2. Cotton ($2.6 billion) 3.Milk($2.1 billion) 4.Broilers Chickens ($2.9 billion) 5.Corn ($1.2 Billion) 6.Forestry ($859 Million) 7.Greenhouse($838 Million) 8.Eggs ($506 million) 9.Vegetables ($352 Million) 10. Wheat ($276 Million)
What does the USDA Stand for?
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Yes you have to have a license and attend a hunters safety course once to hunt animals.