Food Animal Industry
This sector includes livestock, dairy, and poultry production.
What is the food animal industry?
This type of animal lives with humans mainly for companionship.
What is a pet?
The number of farms in the U.S. is doing this.
What is decreasing?
This means humane care and treatment of animals.
What is animal welfare?
This percentage of U.S. households own a pet.
What is about 2/3?
These are the top three beef cattle states.
What are Nebraska, Texas, and Kansas?
This pet is owned by about 48% of households.
What is a dog?
Larger farms taking over smaller farms is called this.
What is farm consolidation?
This law sets standards for animal care in research and sale.
What is the Animal Welfare Act?
This state ranks 1st in broiler production.
What is North Carolina?
This industry has seen fewer farms but larger operations since 1990.
What is the hog industry?
This part of the pet industry makes the most money.
What is pet food manufacturing?
Development of land for cities that reduces farmland is called this.
What is urbanization?
This act protects animals used in biomedical research (1985).
What is the Health Research Extension Act?
This animal product accounts for the largest share of cash receipts.
What is beef?
These three states lead dairy production.
What are California, Wisconsin, and Idaho?
This trend includes subscription boxes and online pet supply delivery.
What is e-commerce?
Farms are getting larger due to this economic concept.
What are economies of scale?
Name one controversial practice involving animals.
What is cloning / GMOs / dehorning / tail docking (any acceptable)?
This is the average percent of poultry sales from broilers.
What is about 67%?
Future demand for animal products is expected to increase mainly through this.
What are exports?
Name one example of a specialty pet diet trend.
What is high protein / whole grain / fresh ingredients / superfoods?
Consumer preferences are shifting away from beef and toward these foods.
What are poultry and fish?
Proper animal care leads to these four benefits.
What are healthier animals, more productivity, lower medical costs, increased profit?
The pet industry creates over this amount in economic impact annually.
What is over $221 billion?