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| what are two important factors that will help determine future world food demand |
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how many presently low income consumers will escape poverty (increase demands)
with the growth of agricultural commodities as raw materials in the bio-based economy including biofuels, world demand for grain and oilseed could double by 2050 |
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| how much more arable land is available worldwide that does not have forest on it or is subject to erosion? |
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| how much is lost beteen the farmer's field and the consumer |
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1/3
in low income due to vermine
in high income due to trash bins |
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| one company (usually large) controls and coordinates all aspects of animal production and distribution of aniimal products |
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| who is the leading country in aquaculture? |
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| what is the status of capture fisheries? |
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| sheep/wool production top countries |
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Australia produces the most wool
china has the most sheep |
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| one millionth of a meter: a unit of linear measurement equivalent to one-millionth of a meter |
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| what hemishere is wool produced/consumed in |
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| most wool is produced in the southern hemisphere and consumed in the norhtern hemisphere |
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| goat horns are more narrow, upright and less curved, male goats have glands beneather their tail and have an odor, goats naturally have horns, some have beards, most goats have hair coats, or fiber coats, shorter tails ... sheep have tear/face glands beneath the eyes and food/scent glands between the hooves |
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| silky textile produced for the hair of Angora goat... durable, warm, insulatating and light... flame retardent, wrinkle resistant |
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fine undergrowth grown by all species of goat except the angora goat
must be 1 and 1/4 inches long with average diameter of less than 19 micrns |
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| how popular is leather use |
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| very, must add value of international trade in meat, coffee, rice and sugar to get past value of leather and leather footwear proucts |
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| what is the most common form of beef we consume? |
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| over half the beef that is consumed is in the form of ground beef |
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| who is world leader in beef exports? |
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| how is the world supply of beef doing? |
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| age hens are when they start producing eggs? |
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| lenght of egg incubation period |
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| where does the most increase in poultry consumption take place? |
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| who is the top producer of broiler chickens? |
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US
doesnt import but will export |
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| highest table egg producer? |
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| highest duck and geese producer |
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| disease that can be passed between humans and other species |
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cases - salmonella
deaths - listeria |
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| how is the dairy industry changing |
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less farms, number of cows per herd increasing, milk yield per cow also increasing
(vanishing of the smaller farm because of income) |
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intensive (japan/USA)
low input (Australia/New Zeland)
subsistence (Egypt/Africa) |
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| united states not the most cows but the highest milk yield.... most cows in India... or russia |
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| Cock fighting in Puerto Rico |
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major sport
considered honorable exhibition
generally use natural, plastic, or aluuminum spurs |
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