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Livestock Products

• Work in groups of two and write down as many animals products and by-products as you can.

• You have 10 min. to complete this task!

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Livestock Products

1. Food– meat, milk, cheese, eggs

2. Clothing– wool, leather from hides

3. Shelter– tents from hides

4. Power– work in less developed countries

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Livestock Products

5. Recreation– horse back riding, rodeos

6. Fuel– burn dry animal manure

7. Animals are converters– eat stuff humans will not eat and convert these

materials into food– meat, eggs, milk, etc.

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Which of the following was not made from animals:

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By-Products

1. Wool2. Leather 3. Candy and chewing gum from animal fat 4. Gelatin - from horns, hooves, bones, and

hides 5. Glue, cosmetics, waxes, soap, lubricants,

brushes, etc.

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Wool

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By-Products

6. Animal feeds from scrap meat and bones and blood meal

7. Insulin– for diabetics– from livestock pancreas

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By-Products

8. Heparin– for blood clotting– from livestock lungs

9. Candles10. Fertilizer

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Trends in Animal Science

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• What do you think is the top livestock commodity in North Carolina?

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Swine

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Trends in NC Swine

• The top agriculture commodity in North Carolina – found mostly in the eastern 1/2 of the state

• North Carolina ranks 2nd nationally– Iowa is 1st

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Trends in NC Swine

• The swine industry brings in over 1.5 billion dollars to the state

• The number of swine farms is decreasing– The size of farms is increasing

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Poultry

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Trends in NC Poultry

• Broilers are NC’s second rank commodity• Broilers bring in over 1.3 billion dollars in cash

receipts to NC agriculture

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Trends in NC Poultry

• Recent health concerns has increased the consumption of poultry products– less fat– subcutaneous fat layer

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Animal Agriculture

• North Carolina livestock commodities brings in twice as much money as other agriculture products

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Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Cash Receipts from Farm Marketing, 2001

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Statistics

Charts and statistics provided by:• NCDA– http://www.ncagr.com/stats/index.htm

• USDA– http://www.usda.gov/nass/