ANFS 101 Exam 4 Practice Questions

___ is the largest money generating US agricultural industry

The US is the ___ beef producer in the world

The beef industry is worth $___ annually

Cattle eat ___ and food ___ to produce muscle for food

The beef industry utilizes land ___ for cultivation

Cattle breeds are classified by ___ ___

___ and ___ cattle are British breeds

___ breeds are younger maturing meaning they're ___ with ___ quality meat at marketing

___ ___ are very popular crossbreds for their high quality meat and hardiness, coming from their parent breeds the ___ and ___

___ breeds are later maturing meaning they're ___ with ___ meat at marketing

Charolais and Limousin are ___ breeds

Beef cattle are ___, ___, or ___ origin

___ breeds require more land but produce ___ meat

___ breeds produces ___ but ___ quality meat

___ breeds are ___ and ___ resistant

___ and ___ cattle are Zebu origin

Calves move from cow-calf to ___ operations, later maturing cattle might also go to ___ operations in between

Cow-calf operations produce ___-___ month old calves

Cow-calf operations want to produce the ___ calves for the ___ cost

Cow-calf ranches have typically under ___ cows

___ operations aim to promote skeletal growth

Stocker operations produce ___-___ month old calves

Stocker operations utilize ___ and ___ for low costs

Feedlot operations produce ___-___ month old calves

___ operations utilize high energy feeds for fattening

___ maturing calves go through stocker operations before ___

___ maturing calves only go to two facilities before processing

___ producers are specialized cow-calf producers

___ are important statistics for purebred producers

Cows should produce one ___ per ___

Heifers have their first calf at ___ years old when they are ___% of mature weight

The ideal calving interval is ___ months

Cow gestation is ___ days

Cows theoretically have ___ ___ cycle to rebreed but actually have ___-___ months

___ traits are more heritable while ___ traits are less

___ causes crossbred cattle to be ___ productive

Cattle are ___ so they utilize forages but may be also fed ___

___ and ___ control are important medical measures for cattle management

The cow's estrous cycle is ___ days while estrus is ___ hours

Beef calves are weaned at approximately ___ months or ___-___ pounds

Swine is the ___ most important money generator in animal agriculture

Swine are the ___ most numerous livestock

Swine generate approximately $___ billion annually

The swine energy utilizes ___ to produce ___

Swine have the most efficient ___ to ___ conversion

Feeder pigs are ___-___ pounds, grower pigs are ___-___ pigs while finisher pigs are ___-___ pounds

Swine are marketed by ___

___ to ___ is the most effective and abundant swine production type

Feeder pig producers produce swine that are ___ pounds for finishing operations to ___

Finishing operations produce swine for ___ that are ___-___ pounds

Integrated corporate producers are ___ ___ to ___ producers who own their own ___

___ is the majority of production cost at around ___%

The trend in the swine industry is towards ___and ___ farms

Swine can be ___, ___, or ___ type

___ type swine are very fat as opposed to muscular

___ type swine are ___ and ___

The newer type of swine, meat type, are ___ and ___

___ breeds of swine tend to be ___ and emphasized on the dam side of crossbreds

___, ___, and ___ ___ breeds have good maternal characteristics (swine)

___ breeds of swine tend to be ___ and emphasized on the sire side of crossbreds

___ are a carcass breed

The ___ is a good all around breed

___ breeds are developed by companies

___ ___ is the ideal market swine determined by the US Pork industry

Barrows should be ___ pounds in ___ days

Gilts should be ___ pounds in ___ days

___ ___ ___ is the most common swine crossbreeding program

Sows can be rebred ___-___ days after weaning

The ___ effect is so strong in swine they cannot have a ___ ___ until ___

___ ___ is widely used in the swine industry

Swine semen cannot be ___ which complicates ___ ___

Swine gestation is ___ days

Swine estrous is ___ and ___ days

Swine estrus is ___-___ days

Swine are ___ ___ (digestion)

The dairy industry is ___ in animal agriculture

The dairy industry makes $___ billion annually

Nearly one ___ of beef comes from the ___ industry

Dairy cattle have the most efficient ___ to ___ conversion

The dairy industry has shifted towards ___, ___ operations

While milk production has increased, dairy population has ___

A holstein can produce an average of ___ pounds annually

Most dairies are ___ herd with ___-___ head

Highly ___ and ___ herds of ___-___ head are increasing

The ___ provides producers data for ___ and ___

___% of the dairy industry is ___

Unlike other industries the ___ is not based on crossbreds due to ___ breed superiority

Jersey cows produce milk with higher ___ content

Maintaining a ___ month ___ ___ is important for production

Holsteins can produce up to ___ gallons annually

Lactation peaks at ___-___ weeks

___ is how much lactation is maintained after peak

Dairy cattle lactate for ___ days

Dairies are based on ___ or ___ and ___ feeding

___ or ___ ___ ___ feeding is more nutritionally complete and controllable

Dairy cattle are in a ___ energy balance leading to ___ ___

A ___ feeding system requires special equipment

___ is a large threat to production, reducing quality and quantity of milk

Bacteria is the main cause of ___

Cow gestation is ___ days