AVS1500 Ag. Industry and BeefxDairy

What is ag. literacy?

the understanding and knowledge of agriculture and its impact on society

What is the ag. industry?

where all our food comes from, the largest industry worldwide

the 6 pillars of ag. industry are …

Environment, resources, animals, technology,, economy, and lifestyle

Environment pillar is …

the impacts of agriculture on the environment

Resources pillar is …

food, fibers (like clothing), and fuel

Animals pillar is …

food industry animals, companion animals, sport animals, animal welfare

Technology pillar is …

how does ag. use technology or biotechnology

Economy pillar is …

careers, industry fluctuations, US and global economic impact

Lifestyle pillar is …

health, food lifestyle decisions, consumer costs

Ag. industry helps raise awareness and understandings of things that are thought to be …

bad for the environment, our health, etc. such as pesticides and GMOs

GMOs are …

genetically modified organisms, have to be government approved, only like 11 are approved in the U.S. (So Non-GMO stickers are not necessarily a plus when buying food)

Like GMOs pesticides have to be …

government approved and are not just chemicals, they keep our plants and animals healthy and maintain disease or other factors that could affect the quality of the food we consume

Problems arising in the agriculture industry right now are …

Land loss (urbanization, so less land to farm on), aging industry workers (less people are going into the ag. business so we are losing farmers), education (the more education to the general public the better)

The ag. industry is the biggest business in …

South Carolina

All cows, dairy or beef, end up in the …

beef industry, once dairy cows stop contributing to the dairy industry, they go to the beef industry

Sausages or other flavored beef products are made from …

lower quality cattle/dairy cattle since they were not raised or genetically chosen for the beef industry

Why do we continuously breed dairy cows?

To get them back to lactating

Why do we breed dairy cows with beef cows?

because not all calves that are breed from dairy cows will be raised as dairy cows, we would have way too many

If we have to breed dairy cows for lactation but not all calves will be used as dairy cows, how will doing beef x dairy benefit us?

Since we have to breed dairy cows continuously, we might as well breed them with a beef bull so that their calves will be better suited for the beef industry than if we only bred dairy x dairy

A composite breed is …

just a mix of various breeds, so beef x dairy are a composite breed, but Brangus which is for beef, is also a composite

Because of the size difference as well as regulations that must be followed for dairy production, beef x dairy cows are bred using …

Artificial inseminations