Beef

Question 1

What is the largest segment of US agriculture?

Answer 1

Beef

Question 2

What is the leading beef state?

Answer 2

Texas

Question 3

What are the top four cattle production states?

Answer 3

Texas - 14.3 million
Kansas - 6.8 million
Nebraska - 6.6 million
California - 4.8 million

Question 4

How many cattle are in Texas?

Answer 4

14.3 million

Question 5

What state has 14.3 million cattle?

Answer 5

Texas

Question 6

How many cattle are in Kansas?

Answer 6

6.8 million

Question 7

What state has 6.8 million cattle?

Answer 7

Kansas

Question 8

How many cattle are in Nebraska?

Answer 8

6.6 million

Question 9

What state has 6.6 million cattle?

Answer 9

Nebraska

Question 10

How many cattle are in California?

Answer 10

4.8 million

Question 11

What state has 4.8 million cattle?

Answer 11

Calfornia

Question 12

What are four benefits of crossbreeding/hybrid vigor?

Answer 12

Weaning weights, disease resistance, mothering ability, and milk production

Question 13

What is another name for hybrid vigor?

Answer 13

Heterosis

Question 14

What are five characteristics of the Angus cattle?

Answer 14

Most commonly registered breed in the world
Polled
Great mothering ability
Little calving difficulty
Good marbling

Question 15

What kind of cattle is the most commonly registered breed in the world?

Answer 15

Angus

Question 16

What kind of cattle is polled, has great mothering ability, has little calving difficulty, and has good marbling?

Answer 16

Angus

Question 17

What are six characteristics of the Brahman cattle?

Answer 17

Horns that curve upward & tilt to rear,
Dewlap,
Pendulous ears,
Hump,
Highly developed sweat glands that secrete an oily secretion with an insect repellant odor
Survives insects, disease, and temperature extremes

Question 18

What cattle breed has highly developed sweat glands that secrete an oily secretion with an insect repellant odor, and can survive insects, disease, and temperature extremes?

Answer 18

Brahman

Question 19

What cattle breed has horns that curve upward & tilt to rear, a Dewlap, Pendulous ears, and a Hump?

Answer 19

Brahman

Question 20

What are two characteristics of the Hereford cattle?

Answer 20

2nd most popular breed
Squamous cell cancer is common

Question 21

What cattle breed is the 2nd most popular, commonly afflicted by squamous cell cancer?

Answer 21

Hereford

Question 22

What are two characteristics of the Charolais cattle?

Answer 22

French;
Came to US thru Mexico

Question 23

What type of cattle originated in France, and came to the US through Mexico?

Answer 23

Charolais (NOT CHARCOLAIS)

Question 24

What is notable about the Simmental cattle?

Answer 24

Triple purpose - good for milk, meat, and draft animals

Question 25

What cattle breed is triple purpose, good for milk, meat, and draft animals?

Answer 25

Simmental

Question 26

What are four characteristics of the Texas Longhorn?

Answer 26

10 million in cattle drives during 1880s Hardy Well adapted to US Used to occupy the Great Plains after destruction of bison during the civil war

Question 27

What cattle breed is hardy and well adapted to the US?

Answer 27

Texas Longhorn

Question 28

What cattle breed numbered 10 million during cattle drives in the 1880s, and was used to occupy the Great Plains after the destruction of bison during the civil war?

Answer 28

Texas Longhorn

Question 29

What are two cattle branding methods?

Answer 29

Hot Ln2 or dry ice with alcohol

Question 30

Why should you brand cattle?

Answer 30

As a form of permanent ID

Question 31

What are two methods for dehorning cattle? How should you anesthetize?

Answer 31

Tube dehorner Barnes dehorner Anesthetize via Cornual nerve block

Question 32

Why should you castrate cattle? What are four methods to castrate?

Answer 32

Aggressiveness Chemical, Burdizzo, elastrator, knife with emasculator