ANFS101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Artificial Insemination, Cereal, Mammary Gland

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

Document Summary

Gross annual income of 14 billion dollars. 4th most important industry: equipment and jobs. Hogs currently generate 5. 5% of all us farm cash receipts, over. Us produces 10% of worlds pig meat with 7% of worlds hogs: very efficient, 940 million in world, 3 most numerous livestock, 19 pigs per square mile (cid:1) Use surplus grain: need non forage based diet, use no forage byproducts ex: cookie byproduct. Use high quality byproducts: by using grains (human foods) produces higher quality protein. More money per pound then the corn would be. Most efficient of monogastricts and ruminants: it"s the other red meat. Require high energy feed: feed costs are high fixed costs. Most cost of raising pigs: high grain=cereal grain, high energy, high calorie (cid:1) The 5 industry structures: farrow to wean. Farrowing heard feeder pig producer feeder pig. Wean at 6 to 8 weeks about 40lbs. Feeder pig producer: sows and boars (breading herd)