Missouri Beef Industry

The _________________________, or the amount of available retail cuts from the carcass, is high in Limousins.

• Marbling
• Cutability
• Deliciousness
• Red meat

_________________________ is the overall amount of product available at any given time, and _________________________ is the amount that could be purchased at a given time for a given price.

• Give, take
• Supply, Demand
• Quality, Qantity
• AG4LYFE

The United States exports beef to _________________________, _________________________, and _________________________. (Hint : More than one)

• Mexico
• Japan
• Candada

The leading beef-producing state, based on beef cash receipts, is _________________________.

• Texas
• Missouri
• Kansas
• Nebraska

Cattle rub against a _________________________ to come into contact with insecticides that control common external parasites, such as flies, mosquitoes, lice, mites, and ticks.

• backrubber
• tree
• gate
• barn

_________________________ are chemicals used to control worms and deworm of animals.

• Anthelmintcs
• Antibiotics
• Ibuprofen
• Tylenol

_________________________ is the number one state for the production of purebred cattle registered seedstock that provides the genetic base for commercial cow herds.

• Missouri
• Texas
• Iowa
• Nebraska

What are five common breeds of cattle?

• Hereford
• Angus
• Charloais
• Limousin
• Shorthorn

What are two advantages and two disadvantage to raising beef cattle?

How are corrals used in beef production?