ANFS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Meat Packing Industry, Cattle, Silage

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Animal and Food Sciences
• Course: ANFS101
• Professor: Griffiths Lesa

Document Summary

So we import so much of our meat. We produce about 20% of the world"s beef, but we only own 7% of the world. They (for the most part) don"t eat grain. Foraging on these lands - cant be used for growing other crops so they are m of it. Leftovers in the field after another crop is harvested. Cattle go in and eat (clean up) all the leftovers. All the food products that are unsuitable for humans (burnt pretzels, broken go into cattle feed. Often snack food factories are located close to big farms. Low cost highly effective part of the animals diet. Overall; great at using things that aren"t going to be used for anything else! Mature and fatten early because they are smaller. 1400-1500 pounds, smaller compared to other breeds orld"s cattle e making good use ken potato chips)