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Animal Domestication occured when?
Over 6,000 years ago
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Cattle are considered sacred in what country?
India
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Amount of nutrients to put on one pound of grain is?
Feed Conversion
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What country is still considered a developing country?
China
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Cattle, sheep, goats, buffalo, and camels are all what?
Ruminants
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Pigs, Chicken, Horses, and Humans all have a what in common?
Monogastric Stomach
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Sheep can be raised and thrive in what type of climates?
Dry and Arid
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What meat is considered as the poor man's meat?
Chicken
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Half of the swine in the world are in what country?
China
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What three things decide what a country eats?
Religion, Economics, and Preferences
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What type of coutries have a diet composed mainly of plants?
Developing
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About what percentage of the world is pasture/range land?
66%
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What percentage of US land is used for grazing?
44%
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We are able to put on lean muscular gain at: higher or lower weights?
Higher Weights
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The number one thing influencing frame size is what?
Reproduction
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What percentage of the world population depends on animals to move goods?
20%
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What state is the leader in terms of Agriculture?
California
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What state is considered second in agriculture due to their; hogs, corn, and soybeans?
Iowa
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What state is considered third leader in agriculture?
Texas
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What does the United Sates Import?
Ground Beef
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What is the US one commodity?
Corn
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True or False: The more quickly you can change supply/demand, the more stable the market will become.
False, The more quickly you can change supply/demand, the more volatile the market will become.
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When supply is high compared to demand what happens; prices increase or decease?
Prices Decrease
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When demand is high compared to supply; prices decrease or increase?
Prices Increase
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Tibial Hemimelia, and Arthrogyposis Mutiplex are defects caused by what?
Inbreeding
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Breeding stock producers are also considered?
Seedstock Producers
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How you compare one animal to the next is also called?
Expected Proginy Difference
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Operations where they own cows, raise calves, and market cattle at weaning are called?
Commercial cow-calf Operations
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Majority of cattle producers are found at what stage?
Commercial Cow-Calf Producers
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Someone who buys weaned calves is considered?
Stocker Operator
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True or False: Feed lots take on 8-9 weight cattle and put on cheap gains with a high energy source.
True
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Cattle ready to be harvested are found where?
Packer
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People who are running cattle for tax exemption are considered?
Weekend Warriors/ Farmers
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Top five States for feedlot operations:
- 1. Texas
- 2. Kansas and Nebraska
- 3.Colorado and Iowa
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Top Five states for cow-calf production;
- 1. Texas
- 2. Oklahoma
- 3. Missouri
- 4. Nebraska
- 5. South Dakota
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Young Male sheep is called?
Ram/Ram Lamb
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Young castrated sheep is called?
Wether
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Young Female sheep?
Ewe Lamb
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Female sheep over year of age?
Ewe
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Mature Male sheep, intact is called?
Ram/ Ram Buck
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Mature Castrated Male sheep is called?
wether/mutton
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Intact Male Goat?
Bucks/ Billy
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Castrated Male Goat?
Wether
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Sheep and Goat industry originated where?
Europe
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Cgraze short/tall grasses?
Tall
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Sheep graze short/tall grasses?
Short
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Goats graze what?
Browse(shrubs) and forbs(broadleaf plants)
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The US imports lamb from where?
Australia and New Zealand
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What is the World Goat Number?
736 Million
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Where is the central goat production located?
China and India
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What state has the largest ewe breeding population?
Texas
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Large flocks that are low maintnance and left alone til it is time to weane feeder lambs are considered?
Range Flocks
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Smaller flocks that produce lambs ready ofr slaughter are considered?
Farm Flocks
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The major sectors of sheep/goat breeding are:
- Purebred Breeders - produce seedstock
- Commercial Lamb Producers - produce market ready lambs
- Commercial Feedlot Operators - increase weight of lambs before slaughter
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Young Intact Male Swine?
Boar
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Young Castrated Male Swine?
Barrow
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Birth in pigs is also known as?
Farrowing
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Parturition is_______?
Giving Birth
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What percentage of the swine population is located in China?
50%
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The Corn Belt in the US produces what percentage of swine?
70%
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Top Five States of Swine Production;
- Iowa
- North Carolina
- Minnesota
- Illinois
- Indiana
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What swine sector produces salable pigs?
Feeder-Pig Production
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What sector of the swin industry purchases pigs and feeds until slaughter?
Feeder-Pig Finishing
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Farrow to Finish operators are considered; growing or collapsing sector?
Growing Sector
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The efficiency of reproduction is measured by?
Number of offspring a female produces
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What is considered at least twice as important as growth in all livestock?
Reproduction
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