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Directions:
Answer the following questions.
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The meat cattle industry slaughters over
calves per year.
2.
The feedlot operator uses
3.
The average cow herd has increased by
decade.
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million cattle and
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rations.
head in the last
breeders specialize in breeding cattle.
The
contributes to the production of live calves.
6.
is measured in calf crop percentage.
7.
The cow will usually calve in
8.
The
can put 150 to 300 pounds of weight on
young calves in 90 to 150 days.
9.
The land in a feedlot should slant for good
10. All
to
hours.
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are administered on the backside of the ear.
11. Cattle may be reimplanted every
to
throughout the growing and fattening phases of production.
12.
days
is being demanded by the public.
13. The
processor.
14.
program places more responsibility on the
is the leading supplier of leather goods to the
world.
15.
16.
Cattle are normally graded at
slaughter.
to
hours after
graded meat is widely found in retail stores.
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17. The total yield of a yield Grade one steer would exceed _______percent.
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beef weighs about 575 to 725 pounds and is leaner.
19. Beef is a
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product.
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marketing is a challenge.
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