Beef Industry
Beef
What is the primary meat consumed in the U.S.?
At least 10,000 years
How long have humans raised sheep?
At least 10,000 years
This meat is the most widely consumed in the world.
What is pork
This term describes the natural stability among plants and animals in an environment.
What is balance?
Producers can promote sustainability by using pasture-based and rotational grazing instead of this method.
What is heavy grain feeding?
Purebred Operations
What phase of the beef industry produces seed stock cattle?
About 2½ pounds
What is the average per-capita consumption of lamb and mutton in the U.S.?
Today’s pigs produce pork lower in this nutrient than before, thanks to selective breeding.
What is pork fat?
Removing too many of these can upset nature’s balance.
What are predators?
Consumers can help sustainability by eating this less often.
What is meat?
18 to 24 months
At what age are slaughter animals typically marketed?
Wool is strong, retains dye well, or can be worn in winter and summer.
What is one characteristic of wool?
These phases make up the swine industry: farrow-to-finish, farrow-to-wean, and finishing.
What are the three phases of the pig industry?
Meat production has increased more than 20% over the past decade — largely due to rising demand.
How much has meat production increased?
Consumers also support sustainability by choosing products labeled as this.
What is locally grown.
Roughage (grass or hay)
What do cow-calf operations primarily feed their cattle?
They are easy to handle and largely defenseless against predators.
Why are sheep considered docile animals?
These two similarities make pigs excellent models for human medical research.
What is anatomy and physiology?
About 25% of the world’s land is used for this, while 33% grows feed crops.
Grazing; Feed crops
Waste management improvements reduce this major environmental concern.
What is waste?
Texas, Missouri, or Oklahoma
Name one key production area for beef cattle in the U.S.
It can be spun into clothing, is strong, or holds dye well.
Name one benefit of wool as a fiber.
Pigs are this type of animal — and thus do not sweat.
What is clean?
Approximately 3 billion hectares of this valuable ecosystem are lost each year to agriculture. One hectare is approximately equal to 2.471 acres
What is the forest?
This is one major reason why horses and grazing livestock are important for sustainability — even though we do not eat most of them.
What is preserves soil/biodiversity?