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
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
3%
5%
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%
6%
Replacement rates in Ireland
10-12%
16-18%
30-35%
20-25%
What % of bulls are naturally infertile
1%
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
2.5
3
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
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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