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The Beef Industry. Beef Products. What products can you think of?. Beef Products. Beef (Roast, Steak, Hamburger, etc.) Bi-products bone china leather sporting goods luggage bone meal biscuits boots and shoes paint candles pet foods cosmetics photographic film
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Beef Products • What products can you think of?
Beef Products • Beef (Roast, Steak, Hamburger, etc.) • Bi-products • bone china leather sporting goods luggage • bone meal biscuits • boots and shoes paint • candles pet foods • cosmetics photographic film • crayons plastics • deodorants shampoo/cream rinses • detergents shaving cream • doggie chews soaps • fabric softeners textiles • floor wax toothpaste • glue upholstery • insecticides violin strings
Types of BEEF Producers • Seed Stock - Produce close to “perfect” animals, sell their semen or embryos. • Elite Breeders/Pure Bred Breeder- Try to breed the “perfect” animal. They also show these animals to build a better reputation as a breeder.
Commercial Cow Calf Producer • Means that they aren’t registered to a specific breed • Often crossbred • Breed cows annually • Keep heifer calves to breed • Castrate bull calves, raise as steers for meat
Feedlots • Cow calf producers ship loads of cattle to them. • Typical load is 40,000lbs. • They feed and keep the animal’s health up for a very low price for the cow calf producer. • They each get part of the profit after the animal sells for slaughter.
Slaughterhouses or Packing Plants • Large scale operations that, as humanely as possible slaughter animals on a large scale for human consumption.
Wholesaler • Sell large portions of meat to companies for them to make their own products with. • Example Packing Plants Sell to Kroger
Retailer • Sell meat to the public.
Consumer • That’s YOU!
The Beef Industry INFO. • The average person in this country consumes 48 lbs of beef a year • Meat is among the most nutritionally complete foods that humans consume • The average beef herd size is 100 animals • Most slaughter animals are crossbreds • When animals are slaughtered they are around 18-24 months and weigh 800-1500 lbs
Kentucky BEEF Facts • Kentucky is home to over 1.1 million beef cows and ranks 5th nationally in total number of farms • Kentucky’s Leading Beef Producing County’s 1. Barren 4. Madison 2. Pulaski 5. Breckinridge 3. Warren
BEEF Facts • THE United States Top Producing States 1.Texas 2. Missouri 3. Oklahoma 4. Nebraska 5. South Dakota US BEEF INDUSTRY WAS WORTH $73 BILLION DOLLARS IN 2009
Discussion Questions • From an agriculturalists mindset, how much do you think the average person knows about the beef industry? • When things like recalls take place, is it important to be educated?