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Beef Production Study Questions

Identify the definition that best fits the following terms:

  1. Bull
    Uncastrated bovine male
    Positive stock market
    A China shop figurine
    Strong-willed individual
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  2. Beef consumption in the US is nearly ______ pounds per person per year
    30
    70
    100
    15
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  3. In the US, the beef industry provides about $5 business activity for every $1 in cattle sales.
    True
    False
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  4. Backgrounding
    Providing a case history on each beef animal
    Teaching each animal to back up in a straight line
    Growing program for feeder cattle from weaning until finishing in a lot
    Housing in a dirt feedlot
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  5. Lagoon
    Plants that fix nitrogen and are a good protein source
    Excellent place to fish
    Contains concentrated slurry manure
    Earthen structure for storage and treatment of dilute manure
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  6. Ruminant
    Animal with a multi-compartment stomach
    Microorganisms that biodegrade organic matter without oxygen
    General family grouping of cattle
    Unique specie of ants
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  7. Stocker
    Person who places inventory on the shelves at retail stores
    Cattle buyer who purchases live finished cattle for harvesting
    Equipment to place hay in piles for storage before feeding
    Weaned cattle fed high-roughage diets before finishing in feedlot
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  8. Feedlot
    Storage area for feeds
    Open area where forages are grown, cattle can roam and graze
    Structure for collection and storage of manure
    Enterprise and housing system for finishing cattle with grain and concentrates
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  9. Common examples of byproducts from the cattle industry are
    Leather goods
    Cosmetics
    Perfumes
    Hair products
    All of the above
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  10. Byproduct feeds that cattle can consume include :

    Corn gluten
    Distiller’s grains
    Potato chips
    Citrus pulp
    Soybean hulls
    Cottonseed hulls
    All of the above
    None of the above

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  11. A typical cow will consume about 5 tons of fibrous feed (forages) per year.
    True
    False
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  12. A beef cow will stay productive in the herd for about
    2 to 3 years
    5 to 6 years
    7 to 9 years
    12 to 14 years
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  13. Cattle have the unique capability of providing protein for human consumption from byproduct feeds and highly fibrous forages that humans do not consume
    True
    False
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  14. Silo
    Structures for storing high moisture fermented feeds in anaerobic conditions
    Structure for storing slurry manure
    Housing system for pigs
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  15. Cattle manure can be stored in the following forms
    Solid with bedding
    Liquid slurry in tanks
    Liquid slurry in earthen storages
    Dilute liquid waste water in earthen lagoons or detention ponds
    All of the above
    None of the above
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  16. Concentrate
    Serious thought process
    Feed with high energy, low fiber and highly digestible
    Grazed feed in the open range
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