Beef production

Beef Production Knowledge Quiz

Test your knowledge on beef production with our comprehensive quiz! This quiz covers various topics related to cattle growth, carcass development, and market statistics.

42 carefully crafted questions
Multiple choice format to challenge your understanding
Perfect for students and professionals in agriculture

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An example of an objective of growth and carcass development

Minimum bone

Maximum fat

Low proportion of lean tissue

Growth starts to ________ as mature size is approached

Drop off

Rise

Compensatory growth occurs when cattle are

Underfed in winter

Overfed in winter

Maintain weight over winter

What is the correct order in which fat is deposited in carcase

Kidney channel fat- intermuscular fat- subcut fat- intramuscular fat

Kidney channel fat- intramuscular fat- subcut fat- intermuscular fat

Intermuscular fat- Intramuscular fat- kidney channel fat- subcut fat

Which of the following is also known as marbling fat

Intermuscular fat

Intramuscular fat

Subcut fat

Kidney channel fat

Which of the following is taken away from the total carcass weight to give kill out %

Hide/skin

Head

Feet

All of the answers

Kill out % ranges between..

10-20%

45-50%

50-60%

75-85%

Kill out % rises when carcass is..

Hot

Cold

HGP inplants are

Oestrogenic

Androgenic

Oestrogenic and androgenic

In the EUROP scale, E would describe a..

An exceptional double muscled- type bullock

A good continental bullock

Poorly shaped bullocks

As cattle mature..

Changes in the skeleton are less significant than changes in fat and muscle

Fat and muscle stop changing

Changes in the skeleton are more significant than changed in muscle and fat

"the sum of wholesale values of individual meat cuts and lean trim with a small deduction for bone" describes what?

Carcass value

Kill out %

Market value

Conformation is influenced by

Breed

Sex

Slaughter weight

All answers

National dairy herd is increasing by

10%

25%

Irish beef annual production is on average

560,000 tonnes

700,000 tonnes

400,000 tonnes

1 million tonnes

Ireland is the ____ largest beef export in the world

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

Irish beef exports are valued at

2.2 billion

1.2 billion

4 billion

3.3

Irish consumers consume how much beef on average

20-22kg/ year

18-19kg/ year

1-2kg / year

30-35kg/year

Introduction of milk quotas resulted in

Flattening of dairy numbers

Decrease in suckler production

What percentage of beef farms have an off farm income

10%

20%

40%

60%

Irelands beef self-sufficiency is

700%

223%

450%

600%

Dutch people favour what kind of meat?

Veal

Rose meat

Fillet beef

Round roast

UK is responsible for what percentage of Irish exports

22%

47%

45%

66%

How many acres of pastures does Brazil have

44 million

89 million

990,000

1.79 million

Brazil is the worlds ________ beef exporter

Largest

Smallest

What % of Brazillian beef production is through extensive grass-fed cattle ranging

90%

80%

15%

55%

80% of brazillian cattle are

Nelore

Friesian

Simmental

Nelore X angus

Nelore cattle are

Bad mothers

Hard at calving

Tick and disease resistance

Good hindquarters

What percentage of cows are culled annually in Ireland

< 5%

10%

12%

Replacement rates in Ireland

10-12%

16-18%

30-35%

20-25%

What % of bulls are naturally infertile

20%

3-5%

6-8%

Major factors affecting age at puberty

Breed

Bull effect

Heterosis

All answers

Recommended weight of beef heifer at 13.5-14 months

60-65% of mature weight

50-55% of mature weight

70-75% of mature weight

Average Weight of beef heifers at first breeding

60-65% of mature weight

65-70% of mature weight

90% of mature weight

None of the above

Beef heifers should weigh 85-90% at calving, this is at what age on average

24 months

12 months

16 months

18 months

Aim for what BCS at calving

2.5

3.5

Cut silage in May as from June onwards

Protein decreases

DMD increases

DMD reduces

Fibre decreases

Target weight of bull calves at 7 months of age

320kg

300kg

400kg

410kg

Target weight of heifer calves at 7 months of age

290kg

300kg

350kg

Calves should be atleast what age at weaning

5 months

6 months

7 months

8 months

Grass tetany is also known as

Milk fever

Hypomagnesaemia

Hypocalcaemia

Liming __________ Mg availability

Increases

Reduces

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