Beef & Dairy Farm Review

What is a common trend we are seeing with consumers?

• People care more about where their food comes from

• People care less about where their food comes from

• People are keeping dairy cows as pets

• No one is willing to pay more for locally sourced foods.

What is something animal producers must consider/ decide?

• Goal of production and purpose of animals.

• The type of breeding system to use based on how they elect to produce the animals.

• How to market the animals.

• all of the above.

This type of BEEF cattle operation has a herd of cows are bred each year to produce calves the these calves are often sold sometime after weaning.

• Intensive dairy

• Cow-calf

• Feedlot

• Packing Plant

This type of BEEF cattle operation breeds bulls for strong genetic traits and often sells bull semen to cow-calf operations.

• Pasture dairy operation

• packing plant

• Cow-Calf

• Seedstock

This type of BEEF cattle operation will purchase calves from a cow-calf producer and care for them for approximately 5 months.

• Pasture dairy farm

• Intensive dairy farm

• Stocker operation

• Cow-Calf

This type of BEEF cattle operation will raise beef cattle until they have reached their "finished" weight to be processed.

• Packing Plant

• Stocker

• Feedlot

• Seedstock

Beef cattle typically require more time in production than poultry or swine.

• True

• False

Which type of DAIRY cattle operation has animals raised in a more confined setting such as an open lot or tie stall barn?

• pasture dairy production

• seedstock

• cow-calf

• intensive dairy production

Which type of DAIRY cattle operation has cattle that are turned out on pasture continuously or for portions of the day?

• Feedlot

• Pasture dairy production

• intensive dairy production

• Packing Plant

How many times per day are mature cows milked?

• 0-1

• 2-3

• 8-12

• Cows are milked weekly, not daily.