AVS 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Beef Cattle, Brahman (Cattle), Dairy Cattle
30 Mar 2016
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Chapter 16 - avs 101 - introduction to animal science by w. stephen damron - 5th. The place of the beef cattle industry in u. s. agriculture. Largest money-making commodity in all of agriculture today. Beef accounts for about 39% of animal agriculture"s share of total farm cash receipts. About 740,000 beef cattle operations in the u. s. Produces 19% of the world"s beef and veal. Making use of resources that would otherwise go to waste. Grass, waste material from crops, and food by-products converted in ruminants to something humans could use. Help make use of abundance in production. Makes sure grain prices do not fluctuate too much. Beef cycle - historic fluctuations in beef cattle numbers that occur over roughly ten year periods. Usually five years of expansion followed by five years of reduction. Christopher columbus was the first cattle producer in the western hemisphere. 1609: english settlers brought cattle to new england.
