Beef Cattle: HSC Agriculture Assessment Task

HSC Agriculture Assessment Task

Animal Enterprise – Beef Cattle

Choosing Breeding Stock

Stock chosen for breeding need to be adapted to the climate and conditions of the area, they need to be structurally sound and reproductively sound and can produce high quality offspring. Breeding stock selection also needs to be based on the end market of the animal, either weaners, feedlots, or exports, or as seed stock. The birth weight and growth also have a major impact on the selection as lower birth weights and higher growth rates are an important aspect of

Nutritional feed requirements of beef cattle

Beef cattle need about 3% of their body weight in dry matter for growth; 2% of body weight dry matter for maintenance; cows with calves lactating need

After the water has been added the grain is usually rolled which tougher increases the digestibility of the grain and its protein and energy.

Vaccines – vaccines are injected either into the skin or into the vein of the animal. Since the introduction of vaccines production has improved massively as animals are no longer spending time sick, consuming food and not putting on any weight or losing weight; because of the introduction vaccines countless animals have survived.

Marketing strategies in beef cattle industry

In beef cattle enterprises, the marketing is based on what the final product produced on farm is going to be, weather that be cattle for sale at saleyards, to feedlots, to abattoirs. Most producers barely see the final product so feedback is minimal and producers need to focus on the standards that have been set in their defined market.

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