Thursday, October 11, 2012

13 Top Beef Cattle Facts And Pointers You Ought To Be Aware As A Cattle Owner

By John Price


Are you a beef cattle farmer? Or maybe you are just a beef cattle enthusiast? Do you already know some important beef cattle facts? You have come to the right place if you want to know more about some beef cattle facts.

1. Did you know that the Brazil and United States are the top 2 beef producing countries in the world?

2. In the USA, Texas is the number one and top beef producing state for years.

3. For these nine US states, there are more cattle than humans: Oklahoma, North Dakota, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota.

4. Cows mainly eat grass and hay. They should also be given some feed supplements to keep them healthy. Ruminate animals have a complex 3 or 4 part stomach which enables them to digest grass and cow is one of the ruminate animals.

5. In relation to fact #4, one of the most interesting beef cattle facts that you need to know is that a cow's stomach is subdivided into 4 parts: Reticulum, Rumen, Omasum, and Abomasum. This is why they can eat grass and hay that humans do not normally eat. Cows spend about 6 hours just to eat and about 8 hours chewing their cud every single day.

6. Did you know that a 1000-pound cow can produce approximately 4 tons of manure in just one year?

7. A calf would normally weighs about 80 pounds at birth. The calf's first six months is spent feeding on their mother's milk and grass. By the time the calf is weaned from its mother, its weight could have ballooned to 400 pounds. The calf now feeds on hay and grass. When it turns a year older it would weigh around 800 pounds.

8. A cow whose weight is 1000 pounds equivalent to carcass weighing 615 pounds, which will make roughly 432 pounds of meat.

9. The leather that can come from a cowhide can be made into basketballs and clothes. You can make 8 pairs of cowboy boots from only one cowhide.

10. Bet some of you don't know yet about other interesting beef cattle facts: like gelatin can be made from the bones and thorns of beef cattle. The gelatin can be used to make ice cream, marshmallows, and candies.

11. Tallow or beef fat is the one of the ingredients in making candles, soaps, and chewing gum.

12. In the US, beef is well accepted as the number one source of zinc in the human diet.

13. The Chianina cattle were originally white in color but now black colored cattle can be seen in the US.The Chianina cattle were known to have originated from Italy. They became very popular in the 1979s and 1980s during the time when the beef industry required extremely tall cattle.

Isn't it amazing to know these 13 beef cattle facts?




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