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| Backgrounded cattle eat mainly? |
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| time of ovulation for cattle |
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| 2 pros and 2 cons of (AI) |
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| pro- quicker genetic improvement, reduced STDs Con- Labor and record keeping |
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| 2 goals for those in the Cow/Calf industry |
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| Quicker gain and they want bigger cattle that are more healthy. |
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| mostly purebreds and the "genetic suppliers" |
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| usually not registered animals, maybe a crossbred |
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| cattle placed on high roughage diets before going to the feedlot |
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A cow-calf operation is an operation that uses cows and bulls as breeding stock to produce calves |
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contain up to 1000 head
cattle get the right nutrients and have better care |
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| Stocking rate is generally expressed as animal units per unit of land area need to make sure theirs enough for each head and know theirs enough land for each. 2 factors that influence stocking rate is age and sex |
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| desirable body condition score |
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| meat hog= average market weight is 250 |
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| typically a confinement operation where pigs are bred and raised to their slaughter weight, usually 225-300 pounds |
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| Production involves, breeding, gestation, farrowing, and weaning to 30 - 70 lbs. |
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| Operation purchases feeder pigs (70 lbs) and feeds them to slaughter weight (260-280 lbs). |
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| seperate by female and male because both require different needs and different rations |
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| produce medium wool and large amounts of meat |
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| 80 percent of sheep are in western usa |
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| breed in fall and give birth in the spring |
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| twins are highly desirable and sheep have a low mortality rate |
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| high lambing percentage meaning we perfer twins everytime |
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| grow in farmflocks located in the corn belt |
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| marketed at 110lbs at 130 days of age |
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| goat require less land and requirements than other livestock |
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| imcome potential 7-8 months after breeding |
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| weaned at 3 months and can be taken to the market |
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| demand is growing with no advertisment |
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| they are seasonal breeders which means inconsistent year round supply of goat meat |
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| lower levels of lactose and easier for lactose and tolerants because easier to break down |
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| eliminate noxious weeds that could kill other livestock |
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| is increasing and has doubled over the years |
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| top 5 goat meat producers |
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| china, india, pakistan, nigeria, bangladesh |
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| 44% of the imported goats |
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| who is consuming goat meat? |
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| muslims, hispanics, caribbean |
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| number one in imported goat |
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| for sanitary reasons and keeps feces from building up |
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| want the wool to be very fine in fibers. |
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| repels moisture, resistant to flame, |
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