NAME: ____________________________
BEEF CATTLE BOOK NOTES – 50 points
Directions: Use the Agriscience Textbook pages 579-585 to answer the following questions.
ORIGIN & HISTORY
1. Where were likely cattle domesticated? (2 points)
2. What two wild species are cattle descended from? (2 points)
3. What does draft mean? (1 point)
4. How did cattle arrive on the North American continent? (2 points)
5. Where is the beef cattle industry concentrated? (2 points)
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
6. What is the number one red meat industry in the United States? (1 point)
7. How much beef does the text say is consumed per person per year by Americans? (1 point)
8. How many pounds of meat does the average American consume per person per year in the US (excluding seafood)? (1
point)
9. What are the annual sales of beef cattle and calves? (1 point)
10. How many cattle are estimated by the text to be in the US today? (1 point)
11. What are the 5 leading states in beef cattle production listed by the text book? (5 points)
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12.Name 3 by-products from the production of meat (look in the pink box on page 581). (3 points)
TYPES AND BREEDS
13. Name the 4 types of beef cattle production operations. (4 points)
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14. Breeders of ____________________ cattle have been responsible for much of the genetic improvement in beef
cattle in recent years. (1 point)
15. _________- ___________ operations serve to produce ____________ calves for slaughter –cattle producers. (3
points)
16. Where are most cow-calf operations located? (1 point)
17. When are the calves in a cow-calf operation likely born? (1 point)
18. The ________________ operator buys calves from cow-calf operations and feeds them until they reach slaughter
weight. (1 point)
19. Where are most feeder operations located? (1 point)
20. What were the original 3 main beef breeds? (3 points)
21.Name 3 English breeds of beef cattle? (3 points)
22. Name 3 exotic breeds of beef cattle? (3 points)
23. Name 3 American breeds of beef cattle? (3 points)
24. When are heifers breed to have calves (**Hint**- Page 584)? (1 point)
25.When do we wean calves and at typically how many pounds(**Hint**- Page 584)? (1 point)
26.How many cows can one bull breed on a pasture mating system(**Hint**- Page 585)? (1 point)
27. Feed slaughter cattle to reach market weight at _______- ________ months of age (**Hint**- Page 584). (1 point)