Lecture 14 Flashcards
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Factory farming:
Beef, dairy, and poultry.
Battery caged
Can’t move
Free range
Can move too much
Cereal crops
Highest is wheat (32%)
Oil seed
highest is soybean (36%)
Pulses
Drybeans (38%)
Roots and tubers
Potatoes (36%)
Forage
All browse.
Fodder
Dired and cured material.
Concentrates:
Feeds low in fibre and usually rich in protein. They require considerable processing to achieve this state.
Conventional Agriculture
Utilizes all available management options to achieve highest possible yields.
Organic Agriculture:
A farming system that has regulations to ba the use of agrochemicals such as synthetic fertilizers and pesticide as ell a the use of GMO crops.
4.) Mineral nutrient inputs:
Conventional:
Add sufficient nutrient inputs to overcome any nutrient limitations to achieve highest economic yield.
