Livestock Industry/Global Commodities

process in which sperm is placed into the reproductive tract of a female animal with the intent to impregnate

• Artificial Insemination 

• Crossbreeding

• Draft

• Rendering

process by which an embryo is taken from one female’s uterus and placed in

another to achieve pregnancy in the other female

• Domestication

• Tallow

• Embryo Transfer

• Marbling

largely operated facilities

which raise animals in a confined area and provide management over the animals

• Domestication

• Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

• Draft

• Lard

act of breeding different breeds of the same species together to form a hybrid

breed

• Marbling

• Tallow

• Vertical Integration

• Crossbreeding

adaptation of animals for the advantage of humans through breeding and captivity

• Domestication

• Draft

• Lard

• Tallow

commonly refers to animals which pull loads

• Marbling

• Rendering

• Draft

• Artificial Inseminations

white, solid or semisolid fat rendered from pork carcasses

• Lard

• Marbling

• Tallow

• Vertical Integration

intramuscular fat deposits within the muscle fibers

• Fat

• Lean

• Marbling

• Lard

process of converting animal tissue into value-added material

• CAFO

• Marbling

• Tallow

• Rendering

fat rendered from beef carcasses used to make products such as soap

• Marbling

• Lard

• Lean

• Tallow