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2. Feeder cattle - Wikipedia

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   [3] [2] Backgrounding operations will typically purchase 300–600 pounds (140–270 kg) feeder cattle calves and feed to grow the animals into 650–875 pounds (295–397 kg) backgrounded cattle. Backgrounding cattle that achieve weights of 650–700 pounds (290–320 kg) are suitable for sale to grass feeding operations, whereas those ...

3. Backgrounding - Wikipedia

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   Backgrounding is an intermediate stage sometimes used in cattle production which begins after weaning and ends upon placement in a feedlot.Background feeding relies more heavily on forage (e.g., pasture, hay) in combination with grains to increase a calf's weight by several hundred pounds and to build up immunity to diseases before putting them in a feedlot in preparation for slaughter.

4. Dairy farming in Singapore - Wikipedia

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   Dairy Farming in Singapore was an important agricultural industry in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, as it was the only source of fresh milk for the population, before technological improvements enabled large-scale importation of fresh milk. Today, milk in Singapore is largely imported from Australia and Malaysia, with only one small ...

5. Beef cattle - Wikipedia

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   Beef cattle are cattle raised for meat production (as distinguished from dairy cattle, used for milk production). The meat of mature or almost mature cattle is mostly known as beef. In beef production there are three main stages: cow-calf operations, backgrounding, and feedlot operations. The production cycle of the animals starts at cow-calf ...

6. List of cattle terminology - Wikipedia

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   In some regions, a distinction between stockers and feeders (by those names) is the distinction of backgrounding versus immediate sale to a finisher. A castrated male is called a steer in the United States. Older steers are sometimes called bullocks in other parts of the world, [6] but in North America this term refers only to a young bull ...

7. Cow–calf operation - Wikipedia

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   Cattle from a cow–calf operation may be sold after they have been weaned to be matured elsewhere, such as at a feedlot, or may be raised to near-slaughter weight and sold at the age of 1–2 years. [7] Older cows and bulls, if kept, may also be sold to slaughter after their reproductive years have ended.