Livestock management Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Pesticide - Answer any material that is applied to plants, soil, water, harvested crops, structures, clothing and furnishing, or animals to kill, attract, repel, or regulate or interrup the growth and mating of pest, or to regulate plant growth Systemic - Answer Can be eaten by or injected into livestock. Interesting... Persistent - Answer time pesticide is active to control pests Residual - Answer control pests for weeks, month, or year Cultural - Answer mowing, irrig...

An Acre covers an area of how many square feet? - ️️43,560 square feet An Acre equals how many hectares? - ️️0.4047 hectares Animal Unit Equivalents - ️️The animal unit (AU) is the standard used in calculating the stocking rate or relative grazing impact of different kinds and classes of livestock and grazing wildlife. For example, AUM is the animal unit months per acre. Beneficial Management Practices (BMP) - ️️These are management practices or recommended management op...

Pest correct answers a plant or animal detrimental to man; seen as insects, disease causing organisms, weeds, molluscs, fish, birds, and a variety of mammals from rats to bears as competitors for our livestock and crops. earliest use of chemical pesticide correct answers 2500 B.C.; used sulfur to control insects and mites Bordeaux mixture correct answers mixture of CuSO4 and lime used to prevent downy mildew on grapes; first used in 1892 synthetic pesticides correct answers started bein...

Livestock Auctions Marketing + : -convenient for the seller -competitive market -guarenteed to get paid -they work for you Livestock Auctions Marketing - : -commission -shrink -may not be "fully" paid for the genetics or management practices Direct Sales + : -No longer a "price taker" -cattleman must negotiate the sale -lock in the price with forward contracts -no comission costs -sell the quality of the catttle 2 -producer can develop a relationship with the buyer Direct Sa...

NP Role Final Exam 159 Questions with Verified Answers In which specialty are most nurse practitioners educated? Peds Primary care Family Adult gerontology - CORRECT ANSWER primary care Which factor represents a potential barrier to Nurse Practitioner's practice in a primary care setting? Cost effectiveness Professional growth Aging baby boomers Collaboration agreements - CORRECT ANSWER Collaboration agreements Distinguish among the advanced practice registered nursing (APRN...

Pesticide Applicator Exam- Nova Scotia Rated A+ Agriculture VIII Agriculture Certificate Authorizes the use of a pesticide (other than restricted fumigant gas)by ground application for protection of an agricultural crop or livestock, including use for control of noxious weeds, birds and rodent control... use for soil fumigation and use around farm buildings associated with crop and livestock production, but not including use in a greenhouse or commercial seed treatment Resistance Bu...

What is TPES? What's America's largest energy source? - -Total Primary Energy Supply -Oil What are policy issues with Energy? - Security, Scarcity, Prices, and environmental impacts According to Layzer, how did the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 affect the policy debate regarding extracting oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)? - It made oil extraction less likely in the ANWR, because it weakened the oil industries claims that oil could be extracted without risk of environm...

The testes produce sperm cells and the male sex hormone: - Ans testosterone The age at which an animal reaches sexual maturity is: - Ans puberty Cattle and sheep both have multiple stomachs referred to as a(n): - Ans ruminant When animals band together in a herd or a flock, this behavior is known as: - Ans gregarious What area of livestock production is the major concern of animal rights organizations? - Ans confinement

AREC 305 ~ FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024 By forming strategic alliances, small and medium sized farmers and ranchers can : - Answer-achieve marketing advantages that larger operations enjoy the last step in the decision-making process us to implement the decision -Answer-false more time should be spent on irrevocable decisions than on those which can be easily reversed -Answer-true standardization of farm financial ratios and accounting practices will help farm managers : -Answer-...

Why would the population growth rate of poultry be greater than large animals? - Answer-faster reproduction Why has pork been the most widely produced meat source world wide? - Answer-pigs eat waste, reproduce in litters, faster reproduction Why would the US be less reliant on manure and urine as fertilizer than developing countries? - Answermechanized agriculture T/F: Developing countries consume more meat than developed countries - Answer-false Which animal currently provides the majorit...