ANSC 1011 : Animal Science Final Exam Study Guide
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The feedlot industry is currently losing money, because it has lots of financial risk: cattle prices/ wholesale carcass are about 50 dollars per 100 lower than in the past. Mainly steers because the heifers are used for dairy. In the 1960s/70s feeding industry shifted to the high plains: available grain, dry climate, feeder cattle source, not in my backyard , chicago stockyard terminal market closed in 1971. Highest feed lot industry states: cattle: nebraska, texas, kansas, sheep: colorado, texas, california. The ogallala aquifer is being depleted by the feedlots. Center pivot irrigation causes desert areas to bloom: where the beef grains come from for the feedlot industry. There are two types of feedlot management: custom and commercial: custom: feed someone else"s animals (selling feed) There are trucks that deliver the feed to the lot. Because bacteria in the gut, cows can"t be immediately switched to another feed.
