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Beef Cattle Production Essentials Guide

Learn about bovine nutrition, traits, and production factors. Discover various cattle breeds and their economic importance in beef production. Explore the anatomy, cuts, and safety aspects of beef processing.

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Beef Cattle Production Essentials Guide

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  1. BEEF Cattle(Bovine) Nutrition Production Bi-Products Food Safety Structure/Cuts

  2. PRODUCTION

  3. Basic Function To utilize crops which are unsuitable or less desirable for human consumption in their natural form (grains, grasses, hay, by-products) to a desirable beef product.

  4. Bos indicus- humped cattle, developed in tropical countries Bos taurus- humpless cattle, developed in more temperate zones. Ancestry

  5. U.S. Cattle Rankings • Texas • Nebraska • Kansas • Colorado • Iowa • Oklahoma • California

  6. Traits of Economic Importance • Polled vs. horned • Color • Carcass traits • Performance and efficiency • Maternal traits • Temperament • Age at puberty • Calving ease

  7. RED ANGUS

  8. Charolais

  9. Chianina • One of the oldest breeds of cattle • Tallest breed of beef cattle • Short hair that is white to steel gray • Terminal breed • Low milk production

  10. Limousin

  11. LIMOUSIN

  12. Brahman

  13. BRANGUS

  14. Texas Longhorn

  15. Simmental

  16. Belgian Blue

  17. Bovine Female Cattle • Cow

  18. Bovine Male Cattle • Bull

  19. Bovine Juvenile Cattle • Calf

  20. Bovine Young Female Cattle • Heifer Castrated Male Cattle • Steer Young Male Cattle • Bullock

  21. Bovine How long is a cows gestation period? • 9 months The average calf weighs how much? • 70 - 80 lbs How much does the average cow weigh? Bull? • 1000 lbs and 1500 – 2000 lbs

  22. Bovine What do cattle eat? • Grasses, hay, grains, & silage How much water will the average cow drink in a day? • 50 gal Having a four part/compartment stomach, cows are known as? • Ruminants

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