PPT-Economics of Competition in the U.S. Cattle Industry

Clement Ward Professor Emeritus Oklahoma State University Put beefpacking concentration and competition issues in historical perspective Highlight major market structure changes in beefpacking. California State Standards. Animal Science Pathway. D5.1 Evaluate a group of animals for desired qualities and discern among them for breeding selection. . Question of the Day:. What hybrid did we “create” in class yesterday?. . Conducted in6 CBGs. from MAHEMBE Sector. Done and Presented by MACO-RWANDA. . . March,2012. Introduction. Executive Summary. Bos. Taurus. Genetics. DNA. - a double helix chain of nucleic acid in a cell that carries genetic and hereditary information. Chromosomes. – a strand of DNA that carries genes in linear order. Cattle carry 30 pairs of Chromosomes. “Here was all these cheap long-horned steers over-running Texas; here was the rest of the country crying out for beef -- and no railroads in Texas to get them out. So they trailed them out, across hundreds of miles of wild country. Animal . Unit. Ms. . Skinner. Vocabulary . Alveoli. —the part of the udder that manufactures milk. . Bos. . indicus. —humped cattle found in tropical countries. . Bos. . taurus. —domestic cattle originating from the Aurochs or Celtic Shorthorn.. This Rise and Fall of the Cattle Industry in Texas. 2/27/2012. Vocabulary. Open Range- . large area flooded with roaming Cattle and Wild Mustangs.. Hollywood Cowboys- . typically White males who are strong, and always rides off into the sunset at the end.. Develop & then Decline. ?. Starter: What do all these images have in common?. Challenge: . For each, expand with subject knowledge!. What . was . Cattle Ranching?. The ranches themselves were typically open ranges, unfenced land which was claimed by the rancher. Every open range would need a water supply. Often the boundaries between the ranches were the water sheds. . Nutrition. Dgriffin@GPVEC.UNL.EDU. http//gpvec.unl.edu. Health & Nutrition . Go Hand-N-Hand. Understand . What they eat. Water intake. Feed intake. Growth requirements. Production requirements. Grass / Forage. Civil War. , as many as five million longhorn cattle . Descendants of . old Spanish stock. , roamed wild in Texas . At first they were hunted only for their . hides. since there was no way to get them to markets in the East. AGRISCIENCE COURSE. HERD HEALTH PLAN. Producer needs to develop overall plan for maintaining health of the beef herd. Key to success is the prevention of problems. Awareness of beef cattle diseases and parasites can help farmers plan preventive programs that reduce health problems and increase profits. European cattle (. Bos. . taurus. ) are descendants of the ancient . Auroch. cattle that once roamed Europe; the last one was killed on a game preserve in the 1600’s.. Indian cattle (. Bos. . indicus. Ranches, Ranchers, and Cowboys. Chapter 21 . Section 3. Objectives. Students will be able to…. Identify the Texas regions where ranching was a big industry and explain why ranches developed there. Describe what ranching and cowboy life were like. Grade 04. Social Studies. Unit. : . 09. ©2012, TESCCC. HOW DID THE CATTLE INDUSTRY BEGIN IN TEXAS. ?. The Spanish brought cattle to Texas and the . vaquero. (cowboy) took care of them on ranches.. Do any of you know someone who is a rancher or a cowboy?. Topic 1 | Part 1 7 February 2013. Date. . A. ntitrust Economics 2013. David S. Evans. University of Chicago, Global Economics Group. . Elisa Mariscal. CIDE, ITAM, CPI. . Overview. The importance of economics to the practice of...